Download the source and compiling it for the i486 on the i486 is the best way, given enough room in mem, swap and hd.
Instructions come with the source code. It can be tricky though. Michael Gerald Waugh wrote: > > On Tuesday 19 March 2002 11:35 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: > > ya... i have an old 486 compaq. Civilme said I should just d/l & > > Compile the 486 source...if theres an easier way I'll take that too :) > > Is he sure, all I find is 586! > > > But I'm clueless on how to do this *from windows or not* and where to > > start > > Do you have Linux running on that machine NOW > The following indicates a Pentium or compatible (no 486) > > This guy says it will run a 486??? looks like good instructions > http://www.webtechniques.com/archives/2001/09/infrrevu2/ > http://www.matrixlist.com/pipermail/leaplist/2001-September/014885.html > > Required configuration: > Pentium Processor or compatible. > CD ROM drive. > 250 MB disk space (minimum). > At least 32 MB of RAM (64 MB recommended). > VESA 2.0 compliant graphics card. > Ethernet Network Card. > Internet connection (Modem, Cable, ISDN, ADSL,...) > A Web Browser. > > following should run on a 486 > http://www.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0,4161,2503199,00.html > http://lrp.steinkuehler.net/ > > -- > Gerald Waugh > http://frontstreetnetworks.com > New Haven, Connecticut USA > -- If you talk to God, you are praying; if God talks to you, you have schizophrenia. -- Thomas Szasz
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