Re: kernel 2.2.6 sandbox

On Monday 16 August 2004 05:47, James Zuelow wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 23:34:15 -0800
>

>
> Hmm. You shouldn't have to run such an outdated distribution on the
> machine. How much memory do you have on the 486? What type is it (72 pin
> SIMMs)?
>
> I have a pair of 486 dx2-50 laptops running Debian 3.0 (2.4.18 last time I
> powered that one up) and OpenBSD 3.3. They've got 16 and 32MB of RAM each.
> Finding memory for old laptops is a little harder than finding memory for
> old desktops. If you upgrade your memory to 16MB, you can run the Debian
> 3.0 installer. With 32 or even 64MB of RAM, you should have no problem
> running most installers, maybe even in X mode.
>
> If you're going to use the 486 for a firewall, then I'd suggest a newer
> kernel anyway so you can use iptables/netfilter instead of ipchains.
>
> Cheers,
>
> James

It has 16 megs and 32-pin simms. I hadn't considered debian, I'll give that a
shot. I'm not using it for anything in particular, though I had considered
using it as a firewall. As it happens, I did manage to install slack 4 to a
directory and I can boot it with lilo or chroot to it, though if I use chroot
to access it, I end up using Slack 4 utilities compiled for a 2.2.6 kernel
with a 2.6.7 kernel and this causes some problems. Just the same, I think
I'll use this method for testing new distros. Thanks for the information,

Enkidu

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As company is shared by lesser beings.
Such a loneliness is mine; so know by this
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