[ltp] a bit OT: Linux for a 386/2MB machine?

James Knott linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 05 May 2005 12:48:40 -0400


André Wyrwa wrote:
> Hei,
> 
> i coincidentially got an old Highscreen 386 notebook into my hands, very
> cute. Trouble is it only has 2MB of mem and most of the one disk linux
> distros require at least 4MB.
> 
> Is anyone having recommendation for a distro i could try with 2MB?
> 
> Did anone ever try ELKS?

IIRC, there's some info on www.tldp.org, about installing Linux on a 
memory limited notebook, but I think it still required 4 Mb.

Perhaps you could find some X terminal software, that will run on that, 
and use it on your home network.