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Posted: Feb. 18 2005,04:51 QUOTE

(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
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Posted: Feb. 18 2005,06:30 QUOTE

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..


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Posted: Feb. 18 2005,19:01 QUOTE

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. ;)
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Posted: Feb. 19 2005,18:19 QUOTE

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
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Posted: Feb. 19 2005,23:53 QUOTE

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. :p

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.


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