Re: Linux 0.99.15 (historycal question)

[chuck gelm]

<snip>

I found a site http://linux.ka.nu/ which has slackware 1.1.2 and i thought
to give it a try on my 486 machine. The problem is that i have a 6.4GB
hard drive :-)
 

If you are simply trying to run linux on an 80486 why not try
a current kernel.  I ran kernel 2.2.19 on an 80486dx33 with
32 MB of RAM and a 40 Gigabyte Maxtor.  BIOS would
recognize 2.1 GB through Maxtor's EZ-DISK utility.  Linux
recognizes the rest of the 38 GB as it boots.  I am now
running kernel 2.4.22 (Slackware9.1) on this 80486dx33.
It is my firewall and router. 

HTH, Chuck

In any case, what will limit you is, most likely, not Linux itself, but
either LILO or fdisk. Old versions of LILO will be subject to the
1024-cylinder limit, requiring that you place a small /dev/hda1 partition
on the drive and use it as /boot .
   

I booted the kernel from slackware 1.1.2 distribution (linux 0.99.15) and
it says that my harddrive has too many heads (255) ;-) but that's on a
40GB maxtor :-))
Thanks again



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the xterm you want to type in".
Kim Alm on a.s.r.
 



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