Subj : Re: minimal linux install from iso...
To   : comp.os.linux.network,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
From : rodg
Date : Sun Aug 29 2004 06:43 pm

Thanks everyone for the input so far. My solution will be to get some more
ram out of another non-functioning box.

I am now running into another problem.  There seems to be no way in the bios
to tell this box to boot from CD. It does have DOS installed and working,
but I am not a dos person by any means.  How can I make it fire up the iso
image on the cd?  I can see it is there, just can't figure out how to make
it execute? I tried looking for an updated bios, but no luck so far on that.
Hopefully someone out there knows the dos command to ececute that image...

Thanks again.  It's a fun experiment to see if I can get this old dinosauer
doing something worthwhile rather than ending up in a landfill.








"Jose Maria Lopez Hernandez" <jkerouac@bgsec.com> wrote in message
news:mUmYc.111503$r4.2946160@news-reader.eresmas.com...
> rodg wrote:
> > I am looking for an iso of a minimal linux distro for a 386:
> >
> > with 8mb ram, 430 mb hd, pentium 75mhz currently has windoz3.1/dos.
> >
> > please reply to newsgroup & comprecyclerftc@yahoo.com
> >
> > thanks in advance!
> >
> >
> >
>
> If you are talking about a LiveCD you can find some in the Knoppix
> home site, all variants from the Knoppix distribution. Also there is
> a Gnome LiveCD lite I think.
>
> If you are talking about a distribution to install, Debian would be
> the more obvious advice, but someone told in some newsgroup that the
> installer needed 16Mb to run, so he said the best solution would be
> a Slackware.
>
>
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>
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