IBM 486 with 8 mb ram

Forum: User Feedback
Topic: IBM 486 with 8 mb ram
started by: smalltux

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Posted by smalltux on Feb. 08 2007,14:07

I have a IBM 486 with 8 mb ram.
How to use damn small linux on this machine?

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Posted by roberts on Feb. 08 2007,14:10

486DX
16MB memory is the very minimum.+ swapfile
32MB memory recommended.

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Posted by smalltux on Feb. 08 2007,16:52

Quote (roberts @ Feb. 08 2007,09:10)

486DX 16MB memory is the very minimum.+ swapfile 32MB memory recommended.

What's the requirements for text mode?
However,i have installed freedos in this machine,freedos permit me surf the web and read email in this old machine  

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Posted by roberts on Feb. 08 2007,18:04

You can try, lets us know.
At boot prompt:

boot dsl 2 mem=8M

FreeDOS is very nice. I have lua on my freedos diskette.

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Posted by smalltux on Feb. 10 2007,22:43

Quote (roberts @ Feb. 08 2007,13:04)

You can try, lets us know. At boot prompt: boot dsl 2 mem=8M FreeDOS is very nice. I have lua on my freedos diskette.

What is "lua"?
Freedos work perfectly in all computer,from 8086,8088,286 and higher processor.

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Posted by Colonel Panic on Feb. 11 2007,10:34

With only 8MB of RAM  you could try BasicLinux

< http://www.volny.cz/basiclinux/ >

or DeliLinux (but I'm not sure that would work)

< http://delili.lens.hl-users.com/ >

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