But you may like to take a look to the "distributions" directory in
sunsite. They have Linux versions from 1 diskette on.
-Manuel.
Thomas Ribbrock wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 09, 2000 at 03:03:27PM -0500, Jim Baxter wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> [...]
> > Does any one think it can be done and still do anything like run a browser?
> >
> > I bet there is no CD on it.
>
> Ok, the 40MB (never mind 40mB ;-) [0] ) will most definitely be too
> small. I was using a 386/33 with 16MB under RHL 5.2 as a firewall until
> recently, but I was only able to squeeze it down into ~150MB - and
> that's without development libraries, without X and all related packages
> and other fluff.
>
> If your friend can get a bigger HD (I'd say something around 400-500MB
> should be ideal), he does indeed stand a chance of running RHL 5.2
> (haven't tried 6.x on such a machine) on that box. However, he shouldn't
> expect X to be very fast, that's for sure. I once had a 386/40 running
> under X and it was painful, however, my box had only 8MB and was
> swapping constantly, so your friend has a better chance.
>
> As for "no CD": Four possibilities come to mind:
>
> 1) If that box has a network card: Do network install
> 2) If you can get a big enough HD, copy the RH CD onto it on another
> machine and do a HD install - or borrow a second, big enough HD for
> that purpose.
> 3) Borrow a CD-ROM
> 4) Take the HD out of the 386 into a machine with a CD-ROM, do the
> install there and put it back. Caveat: You might run into a few
> obstacles, as the hardware recognition mightn't be correct.
>
> HTH,
>
> Thomas
>
> [0] SCNR: m = mili = 1/1000th ;-)
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