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Bezda

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Posted: May 16 2004,12:19

I tried to install DSL on my 486SX 25MHz machine, but when I try to boot, it ends with error: "No coprocessor found and no math emulation present. Giving up." I don't know what to do... Please help me.

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SaidinUnleashed Offline

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Posted: May 16 2004,19:30

that's easy,

if there is no co-processor (goes in the proc mount nets to the 486sx) DSL won't work. easy as that.

now, go toss that thing in a dumpster. when someone pulls the co-proc out, it makes em useless.

Sorry.

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ripcrd6

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Posted: May 27 2004,14:44

Try a search for small linux. You have some options that are more difficult than DSL.

http://www.superant.com/smalllinux/ - works on 386 w/ 2 or 4MB of ram. I had a 386 that was given to me that works and could do this. Mine is also missing a math co-processor. I want to go from 4MB to 8MB of ram too. Why mess with it? Because I can!!

http://mulinux.sunsite.dk/ - I used this one for a while a couple of years ago. It's all floppy based. After that I found freesco, www.freesco.org, floppy based router.

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