[ale] linux on a 486

[KeithH]

Wandered Inn wrote:

> KeithH wrote:
> 
>>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?)
>>
> 
> Ah, no, know where I can get one?  Or maybe the pin out so I can build
> one?
> 


   Just about any shop in Akihabara that sells laptop drives.  But, if you're in Atlanta, 
I would suggest just about any of the small computer shops, like Prime Computers (Norcross 
or Marietta), Genstar (same), First Computer, or (assuming it still around) Linux General 
Store.  CompUSA might also have them.

   Check the vendor's support web page for your hard drive's pin out specs (although, all 
2.5" should be the same!)

> 
>>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.)
>>
> 
> Something I may look at.
> 
> Right now, I'm attempting another Slack install with a 48 mb swap.  I'm
> still getting random failures, and when I do, I switch to another virt.
> console and do the install of that piece by hand.  I don't know if this
> will work, but I'm going to follow this through to either completion, or
> the point at which the install crashes completely.  Should be an
> interesting learning experience.  Going on it's third day now, although
> I'm not able to attend to it immediately.  (ie, failures in the middle
> of the night, got to get some sleep. )
> 
> I'll post a summary once this completes or dies. :(
> 


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