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Posted: Feb. 08 2007,14:07 QUOTE
I have a IBM 486 with 8 mb ram.
How to use damn small linux on this machine?
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Posted: Feb. 08 2007,14:10 QUOTE
486DX
16MB memory is the very minimum.+ swapfile
32MB memory recommended.
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Posted: Feb. 08 2007,16:52 QUOTE
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: Feb. 08 2007,18:04 QUOTE
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: Feb. 10 2007,22:43 QUOTE
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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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