Re: 386sx/25mhz compatibility
From: Lasse Jensen (fafler_at_linuxmail.org)
Date: 09/16/04
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Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 07:01:51 +0200
Nitro wrote:
> I have 2 (very) old Dell PCs and I was wondering if it was possible to
> install linux on them in a home network. I have looked at the
> compatibility charts of several distributions, but couldn't find all
> the info.
>
> Here is a link to the motherboard (specs):
>
> http://www.thegreenhouse.us/th99/m/C-D/31331.htm
>
>
> The machines are Dell Dimension 386sx/25mhz computers. Both computers
> came with 4MB of ram, and I need to look into whether they can be
> upgraded to 16MB as that seemed to be the minimum system requirements
> to install any linux OS. I'd need to add hard drives also, since the
> current drives are both very small (20MB).
Max. out the RAM. Consider getting a SCSI controller, like the Adaptec
AHA-1542. Strip everything of whichever distro you choose.
The smallest machine i ever ran Linux on was a 386 SX 25 with 4 mb RAM, the
low amount of RAM made it swap so much, it lost network packets, when
pinging.
-- Lasse Jensen [fafler at linuxmail dot org]
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