Server for old PC (32MB RAM )

DarkSpy · 01-25-2006, 01:08 PM

I've got a Pentium 200MMX with 32MB RAM and 2.35GB HD and I want to reuse it to a web server, but I down know what distro to install.
Don't need X server, and Debian and Slackware are my last options, I want to try other distros.
I've never used Fedora, could it run in that computer?

Thanks.

b0uncer · 01-25-2006, 01:21 PM

Fedora is quite heavy, though you could try it too..I'd try some smaller distro. Have a look at www.distrowatch.com

DarkSpy · 01-25-2006, 03:38 PM

Fedora is heavy with GUI, I don't know if it could be stripped so I could use only the console.
I know distrowatch, but It doesn't give-me minimum requirements.
There are a lot of distros that should run on i386 but when I try to intall them it gives-me an error that I don't have enough memory, this happened with ubuntu and tinysofa, and probably will happen with fedora too. That's why I'm asking for opinions so I don't go and download a dozen distros that don't work with this type of machine.

bandersnatchy · 01-26-2006, 08:49 PM

DarkSpy

It may not be what you had in mind, but check out IBLS.

http://www.ibls.org/

Good Luck!