knoppix help

geovolt_os1 · 03-16-2006, 03:17 PM

I need to find a version of knoppix that will work on i386 arch, I have one thats i486 arch, I have a ftp site to where I can dl a verison of it. But I dunno which one to get. Does anyone know a version I can dl for it, or maybe another LiveCD I can run on 1386 arch? Thanks ahead of time...

pljvaldez · 03-16-2006, 03:34 PM

There are lots. Damn Small Linux should run on your hardware pretty easily. And it's only 50MB total.

You might also try MepisLite.

Matir · 03-16-2006, 04:36 PM

For the record: i386 architecture means you want to run it on a 386? I know Linux works well on older machines, but this may be pushing it for a LiveCD. Most LiveCDs require more RAM than any 386 has/had.

geovolt_os1 · 03-16-2006, 08:35 PM

Well I want to run a livecd for my laptop that runs xp (my desktop is fried), so ram isn't to much of a issue for me, I am currently running 512mb or ram.

Matir · 03-16-2006, 09:03 PM

Ok... Then why do you need i386 instead of i486?

geovolt_os1 · 03-17-2006, 07:55 AM

Well my laptop is 386 and it was made in 2004,

pljvaldez · 03-17-2006, 11:44 AM

Your laptop is should be a 686 if it was made in 2004 (386 processors I believe were the early pentiums, even my Celeron 400MHz is a 586). But any x86 should work for you...

geovolt_os1 · 03-17-2006, 03:01 PM

My laptop is a hp pavillion dv1000, it has a centrino 1.6 gigahertz cpu, dunno if that means anything.

pljvaldez · 03-17-2006, 03:13 PM

Yeah, any 4.0-EN image should work for you from Knoppix.org...

Matir · 03-17-2006, 06:07 PM

FYI: No pentiums should register as a 486. The 486 predated the pentium. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_80486

geovolt_os1 · 03-19-2006, 10:10 AM

I have burned a knoppix 4.0 and I am going to download 4.0.2, to see if that will work. Thanks for everyones help, I will be back to let anyone know if it worked for me or not.