[ale] linux on a 486

[KeithH]

Wandered Inn wrote:

> 
> What you've said is true, and I'm doing just what you suggest.  The
> point I'd like to make is that if I attempt an install with lowmem.i
> rather then bare.i, the network disk does no good, because when I
> attempt to do a 'modprobe ne io=0x280 irg=10' modprobe returns with
> errors for undefined symbols, which means the kernel does not support
> networking.  Now I did not attempt to find network modules to resolve
> these missing symbols, since I new that bare.i did not return the same
> error.
> 


   Here's a thought or two for you.

1)  Move you disk to another machine that has enough memory (yes, I know it's a laptop, 
but don't you have one of those handy converters?) and install it there!  Then move the 
disk back to the laptop.

2)  Create your own minimalist boot disk with just the drivers you need.  It shouldn't 
matter what dist you use to create the boot disk, as long as it can load Slack's root 
disk. (I'm assuming the still use the method.)


Lost in Thought,

   Keith



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