Problems /w 486
Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: Problems /w 486
started by: Termina
Posted by Termina on Feb. 18 2005,04:51
(Yes, yes, I know...)486 (50mhz I think. Might be 60mhz)
8mb ram
1.2gig HDD
I don't plan on running X. Basically, I just want to be able to run SSH/iptables on an old machine to play around with.
Problem is, even using these 2 boot options, I get this error. Any ideas how I could install DSL?
dsl 2 = /linuxrc: Cannot fork
dsl tohd=/dev/hda2 (which is a ext2 fs) give me another /linuxrc: cannot fork
Posted by tronik on Feb. 18 2005,06:30
try 4 more megs of ram at least. at best 16.try a 486 with a NCP.
and put that 1.2 gig HD in something that deserves it ;p
anyway, let us know if you add the ram and it works..
Posted by Termina on Feb. 18 2005,19:01
You tell me to add more RAM, like it's easy to do. ;^_^It only has 8 slots, and each has a 1MB stick in, so I only am able to have 8mb, sadly.
I hooked up the old hard drive to a recent machine, and copied the KNOPPIX folder from the ISO (using WinRAR) to the C:\ (hda1).
So I have a c:\KNOPPIX
does it matter that there are other files in c:\?
I try 'dsl fromhd=/dev/hda1', but I get "can't find knoppix filesystem".
That's still farther than before, but not quite far enough. ;)
Posted by cbagger01 on Feb. 19 2005,18:19
Try saving it as:C:\knoppix\knoppix
(lowercase letters).
Also, if it doesn't work, try an older version of DSL like version 0.5.3.1
Posted by noclobber on Feb. 19 2005,23:53
| Quote (tronik @ Feb. 18 2005,01:30) |
| and put that 1.2 gig HD in something that deserves it ;p |
Saaay... I'll trade ya the 210MB Conner HD from my 486SX fer yer 2.1GBer.
All seriousness aside though, since you don't need X and are looking for only limited specific functionality like building a dedicated Internet firewall/gateway (?), DSL might actually be overkill.
A tiny command-line-only Linux distro that runs fine in 8MB RAM might better fit your needs.
Posted by hawki on Feb. 22 2005,21:38
HiI had a similar problem lately. I explored floppy based distro's. You might try sisela.
< http://the.earth.li/~martin/sisela/ >
The downside was I had to figure out how to format a non-standard density floppy. It worked very well for my need.
Sadly there are some things DSL is not quite suited for.
good luck