[CLUE-Tech] Linux on i386

[Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier]

On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, 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?

Probably not, at least not a standard distro. You might
be able to squeeze an embedded distro onto the laptop,
however.

LWN maintains a nice page with plenty of Embedded options:
http://lwn.net/Distributions/

If you get it running, be sure to let us know -- it might
be of interest to others on the list.
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