My plan is for a very simple use: no X server, just text mode. But I am currently stuck since I encounter a problem in the boot sequence (see initial email in the thread - looks related to the floppy).
Any advise, suggestion to go around this problem ? Thanks Jean-Marc > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Albert [mailto: ] > Sent: lundi 20 novembre 2000 19:08 > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: 386 install > > > > Btw. forget it. I saw a pentium/100 with 8MB RAM, and it was > unusable slow. > > apt-get-installing a 20kb-package took 5 Minutes(!). After > upgrading to 24MB > > RAM (didn't check 16MB), it was a cool server, even able to run small > > php3-scripts in a fast manner. > > As always it only depends on what you're going to want your computer to > handle. I have had an 8MB-386 Laptop to work as a portable > protocoll-analyser, scope, etc. - no X, just SVGALib and console. > To compile it's own kernel would take 1,5 hours, lots of swapping, etc. > Does it have to do this - any other machine on the network did it > faster and so they did it for him - hey, that's linux, where we all > work together ;-) > > But beware, i had no luck with any debian BINARY packages after the bo > release (very ancient) to run on a 386, the kernel hung right after > unpacking itself. I will try a debian install on _4_ (four) MB 386-25 > in a few days. Still looking around for the details of cross-compiling > (to 386 and m68k), as i think this is the only possible way to get > things going. > The 386 is needed as a single client web-server & browser for a > christmas party in mannheim, roadcase on December 25th, 8pm. > Currently it is running an old SuSe-Kernel, decoding radio-wheather > faxes all day long. > The 32MHz ATARI-TT (greetings & respect, Kerstin!) will be my > Desktop-PC. > > So have fun & do your thing, but remember, you will have to compile > that stuff yourself! > > greetings, martin > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >