On Mon, 17 Oct 2016 10:36:34 +0200, Adam wrote in message <20161017083634.ga8...@angband.pl>:
> On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 08:58:28AM +0100, KatolaZ wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 11:05:54AM +0800, Robert Storey wrote: > > > I've introduced Devuan to a friend who is not (yet) an > > > accomplished Linux geek, but he's been learning very fast. He's > > > not real well-off financially, so his two computers are old i386 > > > laptops donated by friends. > > > > > > devuan_jessie_1.0.0-beta_i386_CD.iso > > > > which CPU is that old laptop you are trying to boot from? AFAIK > > Devuan/Debian is compiled for i686, which means it would require at > > least a Pentium Pro/Pentium III. > > That's unstable; for jessie the minimum requirement for i386 is 586. ..if _all_ else fails, try https://sourceforge.net/projects/btmgr/ on a 3.5", 5.25" etc diskette or on the boot drive and follow the recipe in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SmartBootManager ..might even boot 8086 boxes, but I doubt it works on EFI boxes. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
