[wplug] iso small distro

[Luquilla Hughes]

I am interested if he is not, I have a 386/33 myself that has been waiting 
for a linux install, maybe a firewall for wplug(if somebody who always shows 
up early would be willing to lug it to installfests).


>From: "Eric Hsiung" <ehsiung at bellatlantic.net>
>Reply-To: wplug at wplug.org
>To: <wplug at wplug.org>
>Subject: Re: [wplug] iso small distro
>Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 20:27:16 -0500
>
>Elwin,
>
>I've got some 30-pin 1MB SIMMs that I'll never need
>so you're more than welcome to them. Let me know if
>you're interested.
>
>
>Eric
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Phil Walther Jr." <philjr at attglobal.net>
>To: <wplug at wplug.org>
>Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 10:41 AM
>Subject: RE: [wplug] iso small distro
>
>
> > I would even possibly look for some 30 pin sims somewhere, assuming 
>that's
> > the memory the machine needs.  You could probably max that machine out
>with
> > ram, if you can find it.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wplug-admin at wplug.org [mailto:wplug-admin at wplug.org]On Behalf Of
> > Elwin Green
> > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 10:30 AM
> > To: wplug at wplug.org
> > Subject: [wplug] iso small distro
> >
> >
> > Greetings all-
> >
> > I have inherited a dinosaur, and want to make it a pet.
> >
> > The machine is a 386/33 with 4MB RAM, 2 SCSI drives (200 MB each). and a
>3.5
> > floppy drive (NO CD-ROM). It has Windows for Workgroups 3.11 on it, and
>I'd
> > like to make it a pure Linux box, for learning purposes.
> >
> > I've been looking for a small distro, but most of the ones I've found
> > require 8MB RAM, because they use ramdisks. Others either don't support
> > SCSI, or require a CD-ROM. I did find one - Martin's Mandrake 6 - which 
>I
> > got up and running, but I couldn't find a text editor there (if anyone 
>has
> > used it, did I overlook something?).
> >
> > Can anyone recommend a distro that I can download to floppy and install 
>to
> > hard drive, that supports SCSI, and that will work and play with 4MB 
>RAM?
>(X
> > Windows neither necessary nor desired)
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Elwin G.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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