Old version of Slackware on Compaq Contura Aero 4/33C

THCsphere · 11-10-2009, 03:02 AM

Hey guys, I found this little old thing in my basement and decided to have some fun with it.

Proc: SL Enhanced 486SX at 33MHz
Memory: 8MB
Drive: 255.8MB
Current OS: MS-DOS 6.00
CD-ROM: None
Floppy: PCMCIA 3.5 Inch 1.44MB Drive

Anyone got an idea of how I can pull this off? I'd love to put some use to this old thing.

moonfrog · 11-10-2009, 03:54 AM

Well, I can't really speak for the version of Slack,
but I started off with an almost identical system.

It ran Win3 fairly well, but 95 slowed it to a crawl.
That should give you an idea of what your working with.

I'm pretty sure you'll be stuck with a 2.4 kernel, but I could be wrong.

Not much help I know, but I was passing and threw my 2 cents in.

gnashley · 11-10-2009, 06:19 AM

You'd have to use an old version of zipslack for that with the lowmem kernel, but that will all co-reside with the DOS installation. There is a special way to install zipslack for lowmem machines so that you have a swap file. The normal installation floppies will not work with so little memory.

velodyne1 · 12-14-2009, 08:56 AM

Have same unit, with 12 gb memory, 4.2 gig drive. Loaded slackware 4.0.0 from 12 floppy disks. Works, but having issues with second stage LILO.

Work in progress..

Woodsman · 12-22-2009, 01:51 PM

This is similar to one of my previous projects:

Tinkering With An Old 486