[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.