Re: 486 SX

[dman <dsh8290@rit.edu>]

On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 06:16:18PM +0000, Gerard Robin wrote:
| hello,
| I have the oppotunity to get hold of few omputers 486 SX 
| (33Mz, 25Mz,  hard disk = 89 Mb or 127 Mb) 
| before they go to the rubbish.
| I wanted install the minimum of linux for the mail 
| (exim, mutt, fetchmail, procmail, etc..)
| but my CD-ROM drive is ignored by the bios of these machines
| and so I must install linux with diskets 1.44, but I have two
| questions:
| is it possible to do it ? And if it's possible how can I do this.
| Can someone help me or point the documentation in this matter.

Some options you have :
    o   put the hard drive into a new machine for install, then move
        it back (this is what I did, after trying to put a cd drive in
        the 486)

    o   use a whole bunch of floppies to get a base system installed
        and install the rest from cdrom or network.

    o   boot to DOS (not 'doze!) _with cdrom driver_ and then use
        'loadlin.exe' on the cd to bootstrap the installer


I have potato on a 486SX, 25MHz, 300MB hard drive, 8MB RAM.  It tends
to drag because it swaps a lot, but otherwise is fully functional.  I
had it masquerading the dial-up connection with no problems.  The
reason I don't have it masquerading the DSL connection is I don't want
to buy a second ISA NIC.  (I actually have a spare USB NIC, but no USB
for ISA-based machines)

-D

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