On Tuesday 20 March 2007 11:00, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > I have a 486 with 32 MB ram, ISA bus NIC, currently running > Sarge. Now that Etch RC2 is out I'm starting to plan for the > future of this box. The Etch install manual says that it needs > 64 MB ram. I know that Sarge will continue to be supported > for a while but I may as well start planning. [snip] > I want a distribution with security support since if I didn't > want that I could just stick with Woody. > > DamnSmallLinux needs to boot from a CD. The 486 will only > boot from floppy or hard drive. > > FreeBSD will run, does anyone have experience with it? > > Thanks, > > Doug.
I use Slackware 9.1 on a Pentium 166 with 32MB of RAM. Security updates are still being provided for releases back to 9.0. The Slackware web site indicates that they still support the 486. http://www.slackware.com/install/sysreq.php I take this to mean that even Slackware 11.0 can run on a 486. You probably would want to use the default 2.4.33.3 kernel rather than the optional 2.6.x kernels due to memory limitations. My system was installed from a CDROM that I borrowed from another computer then removed afterwards. It now boots from a floppy as the BIOS hangs when trying to boot from the large, modern hard drive. My $0.02 -Steve -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
