According to Don Harrison: While burning my CPU.
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> I am currently using an old PC for ALL my computing [as it is all I have].
> I was wondering if I may be able to convert it to a linux box. It is old
> and VERY bare. It consists of the folllowing:
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> 386SX 16MHz
> 2 Megs of RAM
> 512k on the video card
> 89 Meg HD
> NO CD-ROM :(
> 5.25" & 3.5" Floppies
Basicly the answer is "yes" however one will not be able to do much (at
speed) at least, the other aspect is disk space, however i would and could
run a complete server offering mail routing and some of the amateur
protocols. I have used a 386/25 mhz with 2 meg and a 80 meg h/d, so its a
definitve yes. In fact the machine in question still runs on a client basis
at our local radio club.
The bigest problem is booting, it could take up to 10 minutes to boot it IF
you start to many deamons at boottime from scripts, another aspect will be
going 'multi user' it would be for you the user very slow indeed.
If you can get at least 4 megs of memory on the board then the answer would
be definate "yes".
To get a more expert answer on this take a look at
http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/INFO-SHEET
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> Right now I'm running Micro$loth 6.22 and Waffle/UUCP for my net connects.
> It is straight text [obviously], but fits my needs well for reading email
> and newsgroups. I wanted to know if the conversion from DOS to Linux could
> be possible with such an antiquated system.
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> Thanx,
> Don
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Regards Richard.
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