Post ACTJGjV2wWFz22ccb2 by Lordimpala@noagendasocial.com
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(DIR) Post #ACTI5x5rxdAM3M8nvl by adamd@mastodon.sdf.org
2021-10-17T23:57:20Z
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I won the battle! I got Slackware 14.1 installed in this Pentium 133 with 256M ram.
(DIR) Post #ACTIMh6oe2gVOsZDW4 by publius@mastodon.sdf.org
2021-10-18T00:00:21Z
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@adamd Well then, I guess I can have some confidence in Slackware as an option for my friend's Panasonic CF-29 Toughbook. I'm probably going to try OpenBSD first (because of the documentation, primarily), but Slackware seems like another good possibility.
(DIR) Post #ACTJGjV2wWFz22ccb2 by Lordimpala@noagendasocial.com
2021-10-18T00:10:31Z
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@adamd I remember when that p133 systems came out and I couldn’t imagine needing anything faster.
(DIR) Post #ACTWOZBWTZtslHYVUW by roytam1@miniwa.moe
2021-10-18T02:37:36.037773Z
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@adamd Wow! How can you get a Pentium motherboard that can hold 256MB RAM?
(DIR) Post #ACUCbg2KVcC3qqBp8S by velartrill@social.ignis.link
2021-10-18T10:30:35.629692Z
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@adamd were the pliers an important part of this process
(DIR) Post #ACULj3r1FlcTKoUlDk by adamd@mastodon.sdf.org
2021-10-18T12:12:44Z
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@velartrill The pliers were instrumental to the success of the project. Without them the added sound, network, and USB cards would not have had access to the back of the computer. ( I used them to break out the metal pieces behind the expansion cards). : )
(DIR) Post #ACUNGSBNvBuCIZVX28 by graf@poa.st
2021-10-18T12:30:00.346199Z
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@adamd @p tap in
(DIR) Post #ACUNcRbkjrrst3KKrg by _@notherweb.com
2021-10-18T12:33:58.413742Z
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@graf @adamd @p Ooooh sexy.And out of nowhere.
(DIR) Post #ACVklYLjXExQVQ6eie by logout@hackers.town
2021-10-19T04:28:01Z
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@adamd why not the -current? 😃
(DIR) Post #ACWNFn3PE2od3YNYqO by p@freespeechextremist.com
2021-10-19T11:39:19.214788Z
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@graf @adamd Ha, this is awesome.I have a box full of 486 parts (still missing hard drive, floppy drive, and PSU), but I think I'd have to rebuild Slackware to get it to run on that since I think it assumes an i686 (and possibly do at least part of the installation manually, boot a floppy and net mount install media, I have a 10Mbps ISA Ethernet card in the box).
(DIR) Post #ACWOI4WxJpGnnBqvey by selea@social.linux.pizza
2021-10-19T11:50:47Z
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@adamd Nice!I wonder if it works on a Pentium Pro with 64MB of RAM
(DIR) Post #ACWhRihZENnC7H88A4 by imacrea@mamot.fr
2021-10-19T15:25:31Z
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@adamd So much nostalgia felt in this pic ! That was my first computer 🌟
(DIR) Post #ACXWGnxmUsghOUsP6u by adamd@mastodon.sdf.org
2021-10-20T00:55:02Z
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@selea I think you should try it. :)
(DIR) Post #ACXWROq2FdryejIzke by adamd@mastodon.sdf.org
2021-10-20T00:56:58Z
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@p @graf I hope you try. It wold be a fun project.
(DIR) Post #ACXWggQH9eY7XMXoDQ by adamd@mastodon.sdf.org
2021-10-20T00:59:42Z
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@logout 14.2 has a problem. 'handle_intel: Assertion maxidx >= 2' failed.I read about it and it was patched. I couldn't find an 32 bit ISO of the current build.
(DIR) Post #ACYLmT6cfv3RdQrrea by logout@hackers.town
2021-10-20T10:32:11Z
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@adamd here is the mini install: https://slackware.nl/slackware/slackware-current-iso/
(DIR) Post #ACYQTVIYna24hhEBOa by adamd@mastodon.sdf.org
2021-10-20T11:24:48Z
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@logout I saw that file but at 93M I assumed it wasn't anything useful. Perhaps that assumption is wrong. I'll check it out.
(DIR) Post #ACYzG9FcxJ16xMDshc by logout@hackers.town
2021-10-20T17:54:32Z
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@adamd it's for install over network, I used it last year on 950MHz Duron, when I did my little experiment with using it for a month as a primary machine.
(DIR) Post #ACbikGFkN5nJc5vpg0 by p@freespeechextremist.com
2021-10-22T01:33:41.350300Z
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@adamd @graf It might be easier to get Plan 9 to netboot on it, but overall, I think a pretty fun project to get it to do something or another. (Plus sentimental value: the CPU/motherboard are the ones I used in my desktop system a long time back. My machine is a Ship of Theseus deal, back to my old 386.)
(DIR) Post #ACbjOl2nJIQSh4BRbM by graf@poa.st
2021-10-22T01:40:59.501486Z
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@p @adamd if you have an old 10baseT to throw in it, netboot.xyz provides a LOT of support for all kinds of network hardware
(DIR) Post #ACezPiZ2CJqy24ch6G by p@freespeechextremist.com
2021-10-23T15:24:35.744659Z
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@graf @adamd I do! I don't know if it has a PXE ROM on it (I think it does) but I think there's some old DOS program that does the PXE stuff if you lack a PXE ROM.