linux on 486 compaq all-in-one

richard_g77396 · 11-09-2005, 09:35 AM

I need some help with finding a dist. of linux that will work on the old hemp that will run xwindows "hopefully KDE" It has no cd-rom... but it's has floppy and I can install a network card and a bigger hard drive up to a gig...

born4linux · 11-09-2005, 07:30 PM

i have slackware 10.1 on a compaq 486dx2 machine. it has a 2GB hard drive (but about a 1GB is only used by linux) with 16MB of RAM. it also has no CDrom drive.
installation was done via NFS and the installation was booted of using loadlin.

richard_g77396 · 11-10-2005, 12:33 AM

thanks. will look into into it but I was knida hoping that linux can be installed with floppy more than nic because the I also have a few old 486 laptop's that only have floppys...