Re: 386


Subject: Re: 386
From: james (zuelow@gci.net)
Date: Thu Jan 31 2002 - 23:45:14 AKST


----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Jetter" <greg@lazymountain.com>
To: "Adam Elkins" <LinuxRobot@yahoo.com>; <aklug@aklug.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: 386

>
> On Thursday 31 January 2002 09:11 pm, Adam Elkins wrote:
> > Ok, I'm tryin to put Linux on this old box to run one of my robots.
> > Hardware: AMD DX/DXL-40 (Tiny Linux will run on all 386 chips but that
one)
> > 468m hard drive, SMC NIC, 1 3.5 floppy....
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> You could use an older version like redhat 4.2 and just install the
stuff
> you need , I've installed upto redhat 6.0 on a small 140mb drive, that
> included xwindows. Hell if they can put an entire router on a floppy
you
> should be able to install what you need on a 468mb drive.
>
> I would stay away from the recent distro's because the stock kernels are
all
> compiled for petinumn class processors or better.

Debian Potato (2.2.19) has a floppy install you can use, and will be up to
date as far as security patches go. To get the entire base system, you'll
need something like 16 floppies - I've done it that way on a box w/o a
NIC. If you can do an ftp download, you only need five floppies. The
base Debian system w/o X windows is well under 200MB, so you'll have lots
of room for log files or what-have-you. I haven't tried it on a 386, but
it was very snappy on a 486 SX/33 (firewall box, no X) and 486 DX2/50 (X
even worked on that one). Your AMD falls right between the two, so you
should be able to run two NICs, or a NIC and a modem for a firewall.

Cheers,

James



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