Which Linux for my system 2257
On 30 Jul 2006, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux.misc, in article Where I work, the departments are charged for new hardware, and the old stuff gets recycled. So when the boss...
On Sun, 30 Jul 2006, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux.misc, in article
I'm not exactly sure why - the difference between a 486SX and 486DX was that the SX lacks the math-coprocessor. But the 386 also lacks this feature, and you can still run on that.
The more important problem is the 4 Megs of RAM. That is a real problem.
That would have to be ancient, as even RH 3.0.3 Picbutto (1.2.13 kernel from 1996) wanted more memory than 4 Megs.
If this is an original Red Hat CD (or even most GPL clones of that era), look on the (first) CD, and the README file. You'll probably find a diagram that shows the layout of the CD
That's from Red Hat 2.0 (1995). By the time it got to RH 7.2, the layout was different, but the boot floppies are in the .-images directory, and the tools needed are in the .-dos directory. Of course, that buttumes you can find some usable floppies. I know that 3.0.3 was able to use both 1.2 and 1.44 floppies, but by 5.2 you needed 1.44s.
I did put Slackware 7.0 on a 10meg 486, but it did not install until I added that extra 2megs of RAM. After the fact, it seemed like had I known what I learned...
I really can't recommend installing an "old" release on a system that will be visible from anything outside of your local LAN. If you really are interested, go to ftp:--sunsite.unc.edu-pub-historic-linux-distributionswhere you can find Slackware 1.1.2 or SLS 1.03 from the early 1990s. All you have to do is download those 30-40 floppy images...
Old guy