On Sat, May 01, 1999 at 07:36:11PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote:
> Raymond A. Ingles wrote:
> > I managed to get Debian on a 386/6MB, but it had two 40MB drives. As
> > others have advised, you're likely to want to go with something smaller.
> > Tom's root-boot (http://www.toms.net/rb/home.html) is a g
Raymond A. Ingles wrote:
> I managed to get Debian on a 386/6MB, but it had two 40MB drives. As
> others have advised, you're likely to want to go with something smaller.
> Tom's root-boot (http://www.toms.net/rb/home.html) is a good start.
> There are links on that page to other "micro-Linux" pr
> If you can
>spring for a bigger disk (100MB would be ample) then >Debian is within
>your
>reach.
All Electronics Inc. has used 100mb drives for sale at
$9.99 (US) each.
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On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, Jose L Gomez Dans wrote:
> I'm trying to install debian on an ancient 386, with 8 Mb RAM, and a
> 40Mb Hard Disk. I'm running into problems, as the HDD is *very* small.
I managed to get Debian on a 386/6MB, but it had two 40MB drives. As
others have advised, you're lik
Tom's Unix on a Floopy (do an alta vista search) could be a good place
tos start. Boot from the floppy, then use it to set up & install on
the hard disk . . .
rick
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You might want to check out the Linux Router Project at
www.linuxrouter.org/ and www.psychosis.com/linux-router/
He runs Debian from a 1.44M disk. Maybe you could adapt it?
On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, Jose L Gomez Dans wrote:
> Hi!
> I'm trying to install debian on an ancient 386, with 8 Mb RAM,
Hi!
I'm trying to install debian on an ancient 386, with 8 Mb RAM, and a
40Mb Hard Disk. I'm running into problems, as the HDD is *very* small. So
far, I haven't even installed the base system succesfully. I was wondering
if there's a way to have a distribution that fits for this. I only wa
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