[ale] linux on a 486

[Michael H. Warfield]

On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 11:48:56AM -0400, Josh Thompson wrote:
> Actually, Slack 8 defaults to a 2.2.19 kernel on install (Please correct me
> if I'm wrong!!!).  If you perform a full install, it will install the 2.2.19
> kernel source and the 2.4.5 kernel source.  If ya want 2.4.5, you have to
> symlink it to /usr/src/linux and then perform the kernel install procedures
> (ie make mrproper, make menuconfig, etc...).

	If you are booting from floppy (which he obviously is, or he
wouldn't need the NFS install) you have a choice depending on which
boot disk you cut.  If you cut them from the boot/2.4.5 directory, then
you get the 2.4.5 kernel.  Booting from floppy, you have to chose an image.

> While on the topic of 486's and linux, why not try Trinux on that bad mofo?

> ---------------------
> Josh Thompson
> X Corps Security
> http://www.xcorps.net
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-ale at ale.org [mailto:owner-ale at ale.org]On Behalf Of Joseph A.
> > Knapka
> > Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 11:38 AM
> > To: Wandered Inn
> > Cc: ALE
> > Subject: Re: [ale] linux on a 486
> >
> >
> > Wandered Inn wrote:
> > >
> > > I've been attempting to load linux on a challenging system.  It's a 486
> > > with 8 meg of ram.  Mandrake tells you up front to forget it, Red Hat
> > > will begin to boot, but a couple steps into the install process tells
> > > you you don't have enough memory.  I fell back on the tried and true
> > > Slackware which appears to work with limited systems.  In spite of the
> > > fact that the docs for 8.0 tell you the install requires 16 MB minimum.
> > > I figured I'd fire it up, create some extra swap and go with it.  Well,
> > > I get to the point where it's installing the devs package and, well it's
> > > still there two days later.  I can go to other virtual consoles and do
> > > limited stuff, but they begin to hang as well.  I could drop back to an
> > > earlier version of slack which I know has worked on this box in the
> > > past, but I'd like to go with latest greatest stuff if possible.
> > >
> > > Anyone have any suggestions for other dists. that might fly with this
> > > limited box?
> >
> > This is wild-eyed speculation, but I think you might have
> > better luck with a version of Slack that defaults to a 2.2-series
> > kernel, such as 7.1. The reason is that after reading the
> > linux-mm list religiously for the past few months, and poking
> > around extensively in the MM code, I have the distinct
> > impression that there are problems with the 2.4 VM code that
> > might result in all kinds of wacky behavior on really small
> > or really big machines.
> >
> > This is mainly just a intuitive impression, but there have been
> > some definite problems with swap and VM I/O scheduling that
> > were only fixed (and even then, not necessarily) in very
> > recent kernels (2.7pre*). The 2.4 VM system is really still kind
> > of experimental, it seems.
> >
> > I installed Slackware 2 on a 486/33 with 8MB, so there's one
> > that'll work fer sure :-)
> >
> > -- Joe
> >
> > > --
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> > >
> > > "Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds.
> > > The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit
> > > to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his
> > > intelligence." - Albert Einstein
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> > -- Joe Knapka
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> >  can't MOVE for remote castles!" -- Lu Tze re. Uberwald
> > // Linux MM Documentation in progress:
> > // http://home.earthlink.net/~jknapka/linux-mm/vmoutline.html
> > 2nd Lbl A + 1 = 2nd Pause 2nd Prt GTO 2 R/S
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