On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 11:41:31PM +0100, Rupert wrote: > On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 20:24:01 +0400 > Andrei Smirnov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > is it possible to put Debian on a 386 or 486? > > I put Debian Woody on a 486sx/25 with 8mb ram. Actually I cheated: I > installed by attaching the hard disk to a more powerful motherboard, and > then attached it to the older box. I can apt-get things, but it tends to > take about half an hour for new software to seep into the package > database. If I ever want to upgrade, I can always reattach it to the > more powerful system, or just get it started and wait a week ;) > > Rupert
I have debian on a 486 with 20M memory using icewm for xwindow manager to run gnumeric. The complete install is ~450M. I use mutt for email and lynx for browsing. Mike Thompson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
