Re: 386 or 486 machine
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 11:41:31PM +0100, Rupert wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 20:24:01 +0400
> Andrei Smirnov <uper_debian_user@mail.ru> wrote:
>
> > is it possible to put Debian on a 386 or 486?
>
> I put Debian Woody on a 486sx/25 with 8mb ram. Actually I cheated: I
> installed by attaching the hard disk to a more powerful motherboard, and
> then attached it to the older box. I can apt-get things, but it tends to
> take about half an hour for new software to seep into the package
> database. If I ever want to upgrade, I can always reattach it to the
> more powerful system, or just get it started and wait a week ;)
>
> Rupert
I have debian on a 486 with 20M memory using icewm for xwindow manager
to run gnumeric. The complete install is ~450M. I use mutt for email
and lynx for browsing.
Mike Thompson
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