486SX runs "newish" Linux?

[Alan Dayley]

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.

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 
and fails on the first actual boot, printing "LI" of the lilo boot message 
and freezing completely.

Will any of the "standard" distributions work on this PC or should I go 
looking for some distro specialized for low powered systems?  Or, perhaps the 
lilo problem has nothing to do with low power?

SPECS:
"Dell Precision 486/33S", 33 MHz 486SX, 16MB RAM, 1.2GB IDE hard drive 
(master), 24x CD-ROM (slave), sound card, Intel EtherExpress PRO ISA network 
card.  Video on the motherboard (I don't remember brand), 3.5" floppy drive, 
serial mouse on com1, keyboard.

Alan