You can try this https://github.com/yeokm1/gentoo-on-486
If you have success, I assume that is possible build Slitaz and its entire repository. Rodrigo Boëchat Em seg., 27 de jan. de 2020 às 16:08, Harsha Godavari <[email protected]> escreveu: > Please note that a i486 computer(motherboard) limits the capabilities of > the CPU.Those computers could not recognise a harddisk larger then 500MB. A > driver has to be loaded at boot time for it to recognise a CDRom > drive.They could not boot from a CD (need something like Smart Boot > Manager). The computers did not have USB ports (unknown at the time). The > CPU lacked PAE. RAM was also a limitation. I am not sure if there were any > MoBos capable of carrying more than 32 MB. > > However the original request was about a Pentium which overcomes some of > the above limitations. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Michele Bucca <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 11:35:58 -0700 (MST) > Subject: Re: [SliTaz] Slitaz on Pentium-I-MMX !?! > > > > Il lun 27 gen 2020, 19:29 Brenton Scott <[email protected]> ha scritto: > >> It would be more complicated than that. This is a change that Linux >> implemented to the kernel itself, so what you're suggesting would require >> using a much older version of the kernel to build in i468 support. That >> cascades down by require older libraries and compiler to build it. It would >> also require the use of older versions of services that'll run on the older >> kernel and a complete rebuilding of all the applications to work with older >> libraries, kernel and services. This seems like a lot of work to use a >> machine that's well over 25 years old. Alternatively, I suggest using >> TinyCore since it does still support i486, but comes with the above >> mentioned limitations and issues I mentioned above >> > > Do you know any way to emulate a i486 computer? That way I could try to do > build a Linux kernel that works on that machine. Linux still supports i486 > up to this date > > - Michele > > >> On Mon, 27 Jan 2020, 19:39 Michele Bucca, <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Il lun 27 gen 2020, 17:06 Rodrigo Tenorio < >>> [email protected]> ha scritto: >>> >>>> I saw thing like this a time ago when projects ended [45]86 processors >>>> support. Maybe is the case. >>>> >>>> In my *limited knowledge* on subject, solution is recompile slitaz >>>> kernel on your machine. >>>> In any case, I don't know how to do it. Or if Slitaz has support >>>> for Pentium or it's equivalents, like K5-6's. >>>> Developers should have some instructions. >>>> >>>> Gentoo's wiki should give you directions, 'cause it supports i486. >>>> >>> >>> In my opinion a complete rebuild of the system would be requird. My >>> suggestion is to use a decent modern machine to build a cross-compiler that >>> targets i486 and use that to build Slitaz; that way you could benefit from >>> the better performance of a modern machine. >>> >>>> >>>> Sorry but I can't help beyond this. >>>> Rodrigo Boëchat >>>> >>>> Em qua., 22 de jan. de 2020 às 07:29, Torsten Schmauder < >>>> [email protected]> escreveu: >>>> >>>>> Dear Slitaz community, >>>>> >>>>> I try to get Slitaz (Rolling, lowRAM) to run on an ancient Pentium-MMX >>>>> (P54M) with just 64 MB RAM. >>>>> problem: cmov instruction missing, boot aborts (in Virtualbox it >>>>> otherwise runs on 64MB plus some swap) >>>>> >>>>> Now I need help in one of following ways: >>>>> (1) Forum registration does not work with several accounts/email >>>>> addresses --> can someone help? >>>>> (2) Can I somehow ( i.e.: how? where do I find docu/tutorial) cook a >>>>> Slitaz-lowRAM-ISO with a 486 or Pentium-1-compliant kernel? If at all - >>>>> this here is the right distro for such ancient hardware! >>>>> (3) Or - is there an archive somewhere were I could get a rolling >>>>> loRAM ISO from a time when such P-1-compatible Kernels were around? >>>>> PS: 5.0-RC3-ISO does not boot due to beeing not loRAM (?) >>>>> >>>>> Thanks already for help! >>>>> >>>>> Torsten >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> SliTaz GNU/Linux Mailing list - http://www.slitaz.org/ >>>>> >>>> > >
