Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: ~snip~ > > Nobody - but there are some binary distros (Debian, Slackware) that have > the 2.6 kernel available and do work on low-spec machines. >
Actually, as suprising as it is, Mandriva also supports lower spec machines. They are configured for i586 and higher, but even their latest release will power that old pentium-mmx @266 MHz laptop. RH is supposed to be i386, but it requires more ram than such a box can hold. Suse also supports older machines. My only real reason to prefer to use the livecd, the complete lack of customisation in the tools on it compared to most distros. Mandriva and RH both have made so many alterations to the base system that they really are not sane build environments, though RH is better than Mandriva. Slak 11 wouldn't install on the old laptop, it didn't seem to like the small hard drive. [ both network install and from cd failed to provide a bootable system ] -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/livecd FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
