Re: DEBIAN 2.0 and old 386 machines
On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, Hartmut Schmude wrote:
> Recently I tried to install DEBIAN 2.0 -kernel 2.0.34 - on an
> old 386 machine with the following configuration:
>
> mainbord 386 with CT 82C206 / 301 / 302 Chipset
> no copro
> ISA bus only
> 8 Meg memory
> Adaptec 1542 C
> 2 SCSI Disks with 240 M and 4.3 G
> VGA Tseng ET4000 (generic)
> multi IO for lp and serial
>
> During the installation procedure - mainly when dpkg starts its
> work after having installed the base system - dpkg ends up
> with segmentation faults and the system is only partial usable.
Hmmm. I've been able to successfully install Debian 2.0 on a 386 system
with 6MB of RAM. (In fact, so far as I can tell it only sees 4.5MB of that
6MB.) Since it only has 2 40MB IDE drives, I can't fit a lot on it, but it
did install.
> I tried out a customized kernel built on an other machine
> with only 386 support, copro emulation etc. with the same
> results.
I haven't yet been able to compile a kernel on another machine that will
run on my 386. I haven't tried in a long time, but every time I do it
fails badly.
Sincerely,
Ray Ingles (248) 377-7735 ray.ingles@fanucrobotics.com
"...Windows - which is often referred to as 'the French labor union
of software'..." - Dave Barry
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