Re: 386 or 486 machine
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 06:02:07PM -0700, Mike Thompson wrote:
> 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
I have Woody (with a 2.2.19pre17 kernel) running on a '386/40 with 20MB.
I use it as a firewall with ipchains. It has a graphics card (VGA),
but no monitor so I use an old VT101 on a serial line. It has several
NIC's so LAN-based login via ssh is possible as well. At 7.6 bogomips,
it isn't fast (especially for upgrade or initial install), but for
checking E/N packets, it is adequate.
Regards,
Dean
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