Am 18. Nov, 2001 schwätzte Alan Dayley so:
> I have an old 486SX PC that I thought would be good as a basic Linux install
> to allow my kids to surf with. It's specs are below.
debian shouldn't have a prob ( other than those normal problems others on
the list might be happy to point out ;-). It's meant to still be installable
on a 386. If you have won one of the bootable business cards you could use
that to install debian ( or so they claim ).
http://www.lnx-bbc.org/
There's also knoppix. It's a debian-based live distro that runs from CD. I
can make a copy for you.
http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/
> RH 7.2 install just gets a little ways in and gives up because there is no
> math co-processor. Slackware 8.0 when clear through the entire installation
Don't know if there'll be a prob without the math coprocessor, but there
shouldn't be.
> and fails on the first actual boot, printing "LI" of the lilo boot message
> and freezing completely.
Same with LILO.
We run debian on 486 type boxen at work.
ciao,
der.hans
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