On Monday 08 April 2002 13:34, Clayton Cornell wrote:
Wow, lots of interesting replies on this question. So far no sucess booting olderversions of Linux. I almost got SuSE6.4 to start up. It chokes on uncompressing the Ramdrive image. It actually runs along reasonably fast until then... and then just stops completely.
I took a look at some of the other suggestions... SmallLinux is a serious "roll your own" package.
I looked around for BeOS, but since they have gone the way of the Dodo, there is not much out there. I did find some ftp sites hosting the last couple versions, but the HW requiements were way beyond the 386.
I know the RAM is low, but there is not much option to increase it... trying to find 30pin SIMS is like trying to find SIPS for your old 286.... although, the local computer fair is in town this coming weekend, and they sell old RAM by the 1 KG bags for cheap. There might be some 2MB or even 4MB modules in one of the bags...
I've got some old 30 pin simms,you can have them.Write me off the list,if interested. cheers