Hi Paul, I'm running Linux (Red Hat 6) on an old ICL 486DX2/66 with 16 Mb Ram as a secondary DNS server. The only thing I had to do get it to work was to increase the hard drive size to 1.0 Gb then all was OK! Two 500/540 Mb Hdd's should be OK. I did'nt increase the RAM because I don't have any more left! Failing that you need to do a custom install - The problem I've had with this seems to be related to the size of the / partition and it sounds like what you've been experiencing. To be honest, I've had a lot better Linux experience with RH than with SuSE (dare I say that?). The DX2/66 will run X-Windows but definitely needs 32 Mb Ram. Hope this is of some help. Alan Harris Network Manager Bryngwyn School Paul Taylor wrote:
Hello all:
I am knee deep in trying to slavage some 486 machines after laying my head on the line that I can get them a new lease of life with Linux. I have been running Linux on my home machine for nearly 2 years now without a hitch but sods law, when I work on another machine it turns into a lead balloon. I have managed to "install" a version of Linux (I am using a Red Hat one for now as it claims to be fine on 386 +s) on a dx2/66 with 16MB ram and a 540 HD. It works fine until I begin the ext2 formating (after making a 40MB swap file). It begins to format the hda1 partition and then an error appears in the blue screen saying that it has recieved either error 5, 9, or 11 (on suucessive tries) and then says that it is safe to reboot. I've not got beyond this message. Any suggestions? My SuSE is at home (I'm at school) but I believe it needs 32MB minimum? Paul Taylor Westwood St. Thomas School, Salisbury
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