Re: Bug#239703: About to remove kernel-patch-2.2.20-p3

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@informatik.uni-bremen.de>]

Camm Maguire wrote:
> I'm a wee bit
> disappointed at this decision, though, as the main reason for keeping
> the older kernels around is to work with old machines with very
> limited resources, i.e. quasi-embedded.  Can one get 2.4 and 2.6 into
> tiny enough form to run a 486 with a floppy only?

2.6 is way more modular than previous kernel lines. With the -tiny
patch sets from Matt Mackell you can minimize memory consumption
down to system with only 2 megs of RAM: 
http://www.selenic.com/tiny-about/

It's not currently packaged in Debian, though.

Cheers,
        Moritz