RE: Re: [newbie] Linux Mandrake for 386 processor!??!?
yeah,, you could do that I think,,, problem with that, is it might technically run on a i386, but its still a memory and space hungry OS compared to what has been "cut down" for use with i386. as far as I am aware, all the mini distros have been cut down alot to make them more suitable for slower pc's with lower all around specs, ie like hard disk and ram... rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Donald Carmona Ugarte Sent: Wednesday, 6 June 2001 11:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Re: [newbie] Linux Mandrake for 386 processor!??!? Hi everyone This seems really interesting as a way to use an old computer. But I have another question. Can I install this distro of linux and then compile the new sources of LM 8.0 or LM 7.2 so I can have the new kernel running on a 386. Thanks Donald Carmona >Sorry, Chrisitna, Mandrake once produced an image for 486, I believe for 7.0, >but you have to go back to Mandrake 5.3 (Festen) to get one that is >compatible with 386. > >http://download.sourceforge.net/mirrors/metalab/Linux/distributions/peanut/ Peanut-Linux-8.3/ > >Will run on a 386. The later packages for peanut will NOT, particularly 9.0. > >Peanut is a small distro with a good working desktop and is somewhat more >modernized than Festen (if you could even find Festen). The basic package, >which includes KDE and is likely to work on your 386, takes only 85Mb or less. > >Civileme >QA Team > > ___ Yo me registré en www.costarricense.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Mandrake for 386 processor!??!?
Christina, First, please try not to post htmlized e-mails to the list. Some e-mail clients add all kinds of extra html tags (see your post below), reduce the size of the font such that it is unreadable, or change the color to a grayish color, making it much more difficult to read. You have several options for a 386 processor, depending on how much hard-drive space you have. One would be peanut, as Civilme suggested, another would be tiny (http://tiny.seul.org), and there are others -- take a look at the english distribution list on linux.org Michael -- Michael Viron Senior Systems & Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida At 04:17 PM 06/06/2001 +0200, Christina Kokori wrote: Normal 0 DocumentEmail 21 0 0 size=3 color=blue face="Bradley Hand ITC"> 12.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:blue;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Hi there all you newbies, size=3 color=blue face="Bradley Hand ITC"> 12.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:blue;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> size=3 color=blue face="Bradley Hand ITC"> 12.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:blue;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>I happen to be one of the totally ignorant newbies who hasnt got the faintest notion of computer languages although I love playing around with them!!! style="mso-spacerun: yes"> I have an extremely old 386 processor with DOS 6.0 version and Windows in Japanese. yes"> Unfortunately, not being Japanese, I cannot work with it. I have a Linux Mandrake 7.2 CD Rom but can't install it as the processor is too old. yes"> I have tried looking in the download pages on the Linux homepage, but as I am totally ignorant, I have no idea what to download. style="mso-spacerun: yes"> Is anybody able to help me, pretty please with a cherry on top!!. size=3 color=blue face="Bradley Hand ITC"> 12.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:blue;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> size=3 color=blue face="Bradley Hand ITC"> 12.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:blue;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Thanking you s much in advance. size=3 color=blue face="Bradley Hand ITC"> 12.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:blue;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> size=3 color=blue face="Bradley Hand ITC"> font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:blue'>Christina Kokori face=Arial>
Re: [newbie] Linux Mandrake for 386 processor!??!?
Quoting Civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >http://download.sourceforge.net/mirrors/metalab/Linux/distributions/peanut/Pean ut-Linux-8.3/ > > Will run on a 386. The later packages for peanut will NOT, particularly > 9.0. This package sounds quite interesting. I took a quick look to see the minimum specifications but couldn't find how much memory is required. I know that most distributions won't run unless they have more than 8 megs. ...Dave
[newbie] Linux Mandrake for 386 processor!??!?
Hi there all you newbies, I happen to be one of the totally ignorant newbies who hasn’t got the faintest notion of computer languages although I love playing around with them!!! I have an extremely old 386 processor with DOS 6.0 version and Windows in Japanese. Unfortunately, not being Japanese, I cannot work with it. I have a Linux Mandrake 7.2 CD Rom but can't install it as the processor is too old. I have tried looking in the download pages on the Linux homepage, but as I am totally ignorant, I have no idea what to download. Is anybody able to help me, pretty please with a cherry on top!!. Thanking you s much in advance. Christina Kokori
