386 or 486 machine

2002-10-23 Thread Andrei Smirnov
Hi! is it possible to put Debian on a 386 or 486? where to found information on this? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: 386 or 486 machine

2002-10-23 Thread Jamin W . Collins
On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 20:24:01 +0400 Andrei Smirnov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > is it possible to put Debian on a 386 or 486? > where to found information on this? In most cases, yes. http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual -- Jamin W. Collins -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMA

Re: 386 or 486 machine

2002-10-23 Thread irvine
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 08:24:01PM +0400, Andrei Smirnov wrote: > Hi! > > is it possible to put Debian on a 386 or 486? > where to found information on this? I suppose the answer is yes it is possible. You should really say what type of processor the 386 (SX or DX) is and how much memory both

Re: 386 or 486 machine

2002-10-23 Thread Elizabeth Barham
Andrei Smirnov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > is it possible to put Debian on a 386 or 486? Yes. > where to found information on this? I suppose the standard Debian installation pages: One word of caution, however, is if the machine you are installing onto has limited

Re: 386 or 486 machine

2002-10-23 Thread Rupert
On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 20:24:01 +0400 Andrei Smirnov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > is it possible to put Debian on a 386 or 486? I put Debian Woody on a 486sx/25 with 8mb ram. Actually I cheated: I installed by attaching the hard disk to a more powerful motherboard, and then attached it to the older

RE: 386 or 486 machine

2002-10-23 Thread Joyce, Matthew
ECTED] Subject: Re: 386 or 486 machine Andrei Smirnov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > is it possible to put Debian on a 386 or 486? Yes. > where to found information on this? I suppose the standard Debian installation pages: <http://www.debian.org/> One word of caution, how

Re: 386 or 486 machine

2002-10-23 Thread Elizabeth Barham
"Joyce, Matthew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was able to install woody v3 on a 486/16mb/500mb the other day. I'm of the impression that 16MB is required for the Woody install. The machine I installed (and... am... installing...) has only 8MB. Here is a general question though and hopefully

Re: 386 or 486 machine

2002-10-23 Thread Tom
ing on the human face - forever" George Orwell - Original Message - From: "Rupert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 8:41 AM Subject: Re: 386 or 486 machine > On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 20:24:01 +0400 > Andrei Smi

Re: 386 or 486 machine

2002-10-23 Thread Mike Thompson
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 11:41:31PM +0100, Rupert wrote: > On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 20:24:01 +0400 > Andrei Smirnov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > is it possible to put Debian on a 386 or 486? > > I put Debian Woody on a 486sx/25 with 8mb ram. Actually I cheated: I > installed by attaching the hard d

Re: 386 or 486 machine

2002-10-24 Thread Dean Allen Provins
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 06:02:07PM -0700, Mike Thompson wrote: > On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 11:41:31PM +0100, Rupert wrote: > > On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 20:24:01 +0400 > > Andrei Smirnov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > is it possible to put Debian on a 386 or 486? > > > > I put Debian Woody on a 48

Re: 386 or 486 machine

2002-10-25 Thread Andrei Smirnov
OK - i see it can be installed ... but with no less than 16 meg of RAM On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 07:12:58PM -0500, Elizabeth Barham wrote: > "Joyce, Matthew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I was able to install woody v3 on a 486/16mb/500mb the other day. > > I'm of the impression that 16MB is r