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

Don Perley linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 05 May 2005 13:05:25 -0400


I think the first thing is probably forget about X and just go for a 
text interface... or did you do that already? I don't know a distro that 
will go that low in memory.. maybe you'll need to compile a barebones 
kernel?

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?
> 
> Regards,
> André.
>