[ale] Old Laptop

[Geoffrey]

Jonathan Rickman wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, Matthew Macumber wrote:
> 
> 
>> The most recent version of Slackware (9.0) seems to have pretty low
>> minimal requirements
>> 
>> Processor		386 RAM			16 MB Disk Space	500MB Floppy Drive	1.44 MB
>> 
> 
> 
> For the benefit of the archives.
> 
> Slack 9.0 will work fine for Robert, but I'd steer clear of anything
> after 8.1 for a real 386 CPU. The default kernels (with the exception
> of lowmem.i) are now optimized for 486 and I sure wouldn't want to
> have to compile a modern kernel on a 386. Heck, I wouldn't want to do
> it on a 486 either. 2.5.72 took over 4 hours on a P133!!!

Compile it on faster machine and then move it over.  That's what I do 
for my firewalls (both p75s).

-- 
Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

The latest, most widespread virus?  Microsoft end user agreement.
Think about it...

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