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On Saturday 21 December 2002 21:06, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Don't worry, I'm not really using that machine. I only wanted to prove to myself that linux could be installed on it, and I have even managed to compile the kernel O:-)
How long did that take you? I managed to put Slack with the 1.59 kernel on a 385 and it took weeks to recomplie the kernel. I killed it after 3 weeks and more RAM in it to give it 8 meg and then it runs ok. I think the kernels after 2 require 4 meg of RAM, and even more for the installers.
The only real use will be to retrieve my old backups (pctools), and move them over to CDs. Then, it will remain at part of my museum... er, junk pile ;-)
I also have a 286 running minux in my collection.
Don't know why Linux doesn't recognise your CDROM, I've used a variety of CDROMs ranging from old 8x drives to modern 56x units without any problems. Enybody else any suggestions?
Old CDroms didn't follow standards the NEC 250 was OK but the 260 was not. I had a 260. I had to copy the files to a DOS partition and load linux from there.