On Thu, 11 May 2000, Toby A. Rider wrote:
> Jim Baxter wrote:
> >
> > Hi Gang
> >
> > I have been asked if RH 6.2 ( or 5.2 even) will run on a 386 with 32 mb
> > memory and 40mb hard disk.
> > Can't say why he wants to but I suspect it is some old junk he is wanting to
> > get some use out of.
> >
> > Does any one think it can be done and still do anything like run a browser?
> >
> > I bet there is no CD on it.
> >
>
> It will work, I've done it before. I certainly *wouldn't* try to run
> Xsessions on it though, because it will be too slow. It would make a
> nice little IPchains router, or maybe a secondary DNS server. Be very
> careful with what packages you install and how you use your disc space.
> You don't need a CD rom drive, just a connection to a network and a
> boot disc, you can do a complete install over FTP. I've done that a
> bunch of times on old Sun Sparc 2's and Sun Sparc IPX's that didn't have
> CD rom drives.
>
>
> Toby A. Rider
>
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I seriously doubt you could fit the installation in just 40Mb. However,
if you get a slightly bigger hard drive I see no problem. I managed to
run Linux on a 386 with 16 Mb of RAM and a 250 Mb hard drive not long ago.
In any case, I'd recommend a small distribution such as Trinux
(http://www.trinux.org) which fits in a floppy, especially if your friend
is thinking about using the box as a router or firewall.
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