Re: 8086/88 80286 ||| 80386 80486 Pentium ...

You might also try using a Slackware release as they have install floppies for ow memory and some docs on installing with low memory. I had a 386 with 2 meg. that ran pretty good. For graphics I used X-win with Twm. Regards Helm. --- Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a 386 AND a

Re: 8086/88 80286 ||| 80386 80486 Pentium ...

> I have a 386 AND a 486 that I am unable to bring up on Linux because the > current version requires more than 8 MB ram. The setup that I want requires > the greater security that Linux brings over bloat 95-2k. Currently, I am > waiting with baited -- er, held -- breath for ELKS to have network

Re: 8086/88 80286 ||| 80386 80486 Pentium ...

>last i checked freelsd required 5Mb to install/4Mb to run. >on the linux front the least demanding has allways been slackware since >you can setup swap before the instalation, and (at least for slackware >3.6) you didn't have to load the install image into a ramdisk OK i have to get in somewhere

Re: Is ELKS a good idea for teaching O.S.

Le Tue, Feb 29, 2000 at 04:29:47PM +0100, Juanjo Marin a écrit: > About Linux, there are some documents and books about the kernel. There is > a translation of David Rusling's "The Linux Kernel" avalaible in any mirror > of LuCAS (LinUx en CAStellano). And there is a translation of a French (or >

Re: Is ELKS a good idea for teaching O.S.

Iñaki, >I am looking for a simple OS to use teaching (modifying the kernel) and >despite simplicity is very important, I'd like to be possible to load >pre-compiled programs and to have a file system in hard disk. I think that Minix may be a better option for teaching because there are books (we

Re: 8086/88 80286 ||| 80386 80486 Pentium ...

You can take a look at and their mailing list is <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> However, I thought this was a mailing list for 16-bit Linux :-/ John O MagerValp wrote: > > > "Dan" == Dan Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Bruce> I have a 386 AND a 486 that I am

Re: 8086/88 80286 ||| 80386 80486 Pentium ...

> Actually, I recently installed RedHat 6.1 on a 486/8Mb. The trick was to > do a NFS install, and forget about the installation program the moment > the shell-prompt appeared on the second console. I had to custom-create the boot disk and root fs, but I've got Slackware 7.0 running on a 38

Re: Is ELKS a good idea for teaching O.S.

On Wed, Mar 01, 2000 at 01:10:52AM +1100, David Murn wrote: > On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Alegria Loinaz. Inaki wrote: > > > I am a new participant in the list and after reading FAQs I have a couple > > of questions: > > - Is ELKS able to run executable programs from standard Linux? > > Not directly,

Re: 8086/88 80286 ||| 80386 80486 Pentium ...

On Wed, 1 Mar 2000, Ken Yap wrote: > For the definitive list of Linux distributions, go to > lwn.net/bigpage.phtml There are a few tiny distributions listed there > that may install and run in as little as 2 MB. We used to run a very useful system (6 concurrent users) on 3.5mb, mainly running ma

Re: Is ELKS a good idea for teaching O.S.

On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Alegria Loinaz. Inaki wrote: > I am a new participant in the list and after reading FAQs I have a couple > of questions: > - Is ELKS able to run executable programs from standard Linux? Not directly, since standard Linux programs are in 32bit code, ELKS is mainly for 16bit

Re: 8086/88 80286 ||| 80386 80486 Pentium ...

>> works on an 8 MB machine, although the > >required 5Mb to install/4Mb to run. > > etc, etc For the definitive list of Linux distributions, go to lwn.net/bigpage.phtml There are a few tiny distributions listed there that may install and run in as little as 2 MB. The record holder may be Paul

Is ELKS a good idea for teaching O.S.

Hi, I am a new participant in the list and after reading FAQs I have a couple of questions: - Is ELKS able to run executable programs from standard Linux? - Is possible with ELKS to read the File System in the hard disk (I suposse no, but I don´t know sure) I am looking for a simple OS to use

Re: 8086/88 80286 ||| 80386 80486 Pentium ...

On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, MagerValp wrote: > You could also look into Free/OpenBSD (www.(open|free)bsd.org). If > security is important obsd should be an interesting alternative. 8 MB > should work (not verified though), but it probably won't be fast. > FreeBSD i know for a fact works on an 8 MB machi

Re: 8086/88 80286 ||| 80386 80486 Pentium ...

On 29 Feb, Alan Cox wrote: >> I have a 386 AND a 486 that I am unable to bring up on Linux because the >> current version requires more than 8 MB ram. The setup that I want requires > > No. The current Linux is fine in 4Mb. The distribution installers with all > their GUI garbage frequently requ

Re: 8086/88 80286 ||| 80386 80486 Pentium ...

> I have a 386 AND a 486 that I am unable to bring up on Linux because the > current version requires more than 8 MB ram. The setup that I want requires No. The current Linux is fine in 4Mb. The distribution installers with all their GUI garbage frequently require more. If you are trying to buil

Re: 8086/88 80286 ||| 80386 80486 Pentium ...

> "Dan" == Dan Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Bruce> I have a 386 AND a 486 that I am unable to bring up on Linux Bruce> because the current version requires more than 8 MB ram. The Bruce> setup that I want requires the greater security that Linux Bruce> brings over bloat 95-2k. Currently,

Re: 8086/88 80286 ||| 80386 80486 Pentium ...

On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, Bruce Irving wrote: > I have a 386 AND a 486 that I am unable to bring up on Linux because the > current version requires more than 8 MB ram. The setup that I want requires > the greater security that Linux brings over bloat 95-2k. Currently, I am > waiting with baited -- e