Sutiable distribution for an 486

timezero · 10-25-2004, 10:15 PM

Hi,

Found an old Compcrap 486 computer with 16mbs of ram and a 100mb harddrive today. It only has a floppy drive, and it doesn't have any CDROM-drive support.

Been browsing around trying to find a suitable distribution which can be installed via floppies, but without any result.

I was wondering if anyone has an idea what's suitable for it?

All I've found is supertiny bootable linux floppy distributions.

xode · 10-25-2004, 10:27 PM

I would start by adding CDROM drive support to the computer. A CDROM drive is about 25.00 or so, and all you need is an empty 5.25" drive bay and an empty slot on your IDE connector. Then, I would take a look at DamnSmallLinux.

timezero · 10-25-2004, 10:31 PM

Xode -

Thanks,

But the computer does not have any support for adding a CDROM-drive.

win32sux · 10-25-2004, 10:39 PM

try deli linux:

http://delilinux.berlios.de/

timezero · 10-25-2004, 10:46 PM

Thanks.

Network installation is an option of course.

Any other suggestions?