[CLUE-Tech] Linux on i386

[jef]

You may want to look at this HOW-TO
http://linuxdocs.org/HOWTOs/4mb-Laptops.html

If I remember right you need at least 1meg of memory to get linux
working. I think that 640kb is not going to enough.

Jef

On Thu, 2002-01-24 at 22:06, Randy Arabie wrote:
> Does anyone have any experience putting Linux on an i386?
> 
> I've got an old i386 laptop:
> 
> 	AST Advantage! NB-SX25
> 	640 KB RAM
> 	61 MB HD
> 
> Is it possible?
> 
> I know there are some micro distributions out there.  Has anyone 
> played with any of them?
> 
> I've messed around with LRP stuff, and for a while my firewall/router 
> was running off a floppy.
> 
> This would be novelty project for me, as the thing couldn't do much.
> 
> No CDROM, can't put a NIC in it, etc...  It does have 9600 baud modem, 
> and I could network via the serial port.
> 
> I could maybe turn it into a "portable computer/network diagnostic toolbox".
> 
> Would this be a canidate for the CLUE Install Fest?
>