On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 15:38 -0500, Matt Price wrote: > On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 12:08:28PM -0800, Scarletdown wrote: > > RRPotratz wrote: > > > > For really low-spec systems, I also recommend Damn Small Linux. I've > > had that running nicely on an old TI laptop (486/DX2-75, 12MB RAM, 540MB > > hard drive, dual boot with DOS 6.22/Windows for Workgroups 3.11). > > > > hmm, that sounds quite cool, how did you get it on the laptop? does > the laptop have a cdrom? I have a 286 at home with no ethernet, no cd > drive, can't figure out how to get linux in there -- haven't used a > floppy drive since my mac phase starting around 1998.... Linux won't run on any x86 chip older than the 80386, and nowadays, really isn't useful on a 386 or 486 as anything except as firewall or router. ELKS is for specialized embedded usage. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "You are wrong in thinking that I dislike wholehearted pacifism, though I do think it mistaken. What I object to is the circumspect kind of pacifism which denounces one kind of violence while endorsing or avoiding mention of another." George Orwell, 1944, in correspondence with a British pacifist
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