Hi, On Mon, May 05, 2025 at 10:01:18PM +0200, Rafał Lichwała wrote: > Is it possible to install Debian on a VERY VERY OLD hardware? If so, what > "image" should I use? > > Hardware spec: > > CPU: Intel Celeron 400MHz > RAM: 32MB
Since your 32M of RAM is below the minimum for the current installer, you may have to use debootstrap to get Debian on to there. Do also note that as of the next stable release of Debian (just a couple of months away) there will be no packaged i386 kernel or installer so even after a huge effort to get Debian on to this, it's a dead end as far as ongoing support is concerned. I think you would be better off using something else. I am kind of surprised that there isn't any hardware more capable than this available for basically free. If this effort is for nostalgia and curiosity only then installing one of the very early releases of Debian may be viable. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting
