Bidi
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Posted: Dec. 08 2004,15:23 |
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I have something similar to yours: a Compaq Contura 486SX (33Mhz) with only 255Mb of RAM. After doing some research here, I figured the only way to run DSL would be with a recompiled kernel that emulated a math co-processor. Do a search for "486SX". Your biggest issue is still going to be RAM. Also, how much HD space do you have? Might not be enough for the full install, something like 150Mb.
Besides Basic Linux, I also found some really nice ones on my search to revive the old 486SX:
-muLinux (uses 2.0.3 kernel and has X Windows using less than 4Mb of RAM);
-Small Linux (also has X Windows but is really complicated to install);
-BlueFlops (my favorite, the only one with the latest 2.6.9 kernel, the catch is that it's only a web browser... nothing else).
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