Which Distro to use?

From: NetVerkin (gabegall_at_gmail.com)
Date: 04/29/05 

Date: 29 Apr 2005 14:01:42 -0700

Hello everyone,

I am fairly new to linux and was wondering what distro of linux would
be best for this machine:

Compaq Presario 425 All-In-One
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* CPU: Pentium 486SX
* RAM: 12MB
* HDD: 544.5MB
* Floppy: Yes 1.44MB
* CD-ROM: NO

I did try to use a RedHat Network Boot Floppy so that I could pull the
files from an FTP rather than rigging up a half-assed CDROM. I get to
a point where it gets a kernel panic because no math co-processor was
found and emulation was not present.

Is there any other distros out there where I can use a bootable network
floppy and pull it from an FTP server out on the internet?

I tried a few floppy based distros such as Brutalware but I want
something that will be installed to the HDD.

Any help would be great.

Thanks :-)

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