RE: Linux on an old machine
Debian used to do a minimum spec install at 6meg of ram, this used to need "special floppies" I do not know if it is still available as it was 4 or 5 years ago.
With this spec machine you are planning to run in command line mode only? if you expect a gui, forget this hardware IMHO. If it is for a firewall (assuming you can fit 2 NICS) then cli will be OK and the CPU would be big enough for a soho setup.
regards
Thing
-----Original Message-----
From: Curtis Vaughan [mailto:curtis@npc-usa.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 24 November 2004 8:20 a.m.
To: debian-user
Subject: Linux on an old machine
Ok, I want to put a linux distro on an old handheld pc. Here are it
specs. Most distros, however, don't seem to like the lack of RAM.
TOSHIBA LIBRETTO 50CT
PROCESSOR Intel Pentium 75 Mhz
16Mbit EDO DRAM
I wanted to put Knoppix on it, but Knoppix won't like the low ram at
all. I would put Debian on it, if I thought I wouldn't have problems
with devices. Any ideas about how to do this?
Curtis
Reply to: