I would hope any linux distro would have no problem running on a 486. I do it with FreeBSD and OpenBSD all the time! (I only use linux for my desktops, everything else is *BSD). If the machine won't support running X for the installer, use text mode (press F2 at the initial boot screen). Don't install X, because on a 486, it will slow the machine way down, and more importantly, you should never run X on a webserver, or any other type of server, for that matter. airyk Quoting Derek Fountain <fountai@hursley.ibm.com>:
I have an old 486 box collecting dust, and I thought I might turn it into a webserver.
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