Compaq Contura 3/25

[Dennis Kibbe]

On Saturday 11 January 2003 06:30 pm, you wrote:
> I just got a new laptop (free) Its a Compaq Contura 3/25 (4mb harddrive 25
> mhz 386) and I'm looking for a distro that will run on it. I did a google
> search and came up with very little just a small note in the kernal archive
>  http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0109.3/0993.html. So I know
> I can put linux on it. It doesn't have a cd drive, modem or Nic card so it
> is pretty useless but I don't have to worry about breaking it either. I
> don't need X windows. I'm perfectly happy in a shell and I'm just going to
> be using it to explore Linux. I tried a couple of floppy distros that I had
> laying around BootE and webwolf ,but both wanted a least a 486. Can anybody
> point me in the right direction,
>
> TIA
> Frank Burton
>

Google for "4mb RAM Linux" and your find a 4mb HOW-TO.

Or you might try FreeDOS http://www.freedos.org. It's not Linux but 
considering you only have 4mb RAM it be alot easier to install and run alot 
faster.

Dennis Kibbe