Omar Shuja Siddiqui wrote:
>
> hi
> im omar shuja a linux fan.
> i have a very old IBM 86 processor on which i want to
> install linux.
Please be more specific about processors: do you mean
an 8088 or 80286? If so, no. There is a project going
to port a version of Linux to '286s, but it's not mature,
and Debian certainly doesn't support that port.
If you mean a 80386, then _yes_ Linux supports '386 and
"greater" Intel architecture processors.
> i prefer to install Debian linux.
"I know _exactly_ how you feel" -Morpheus, "The Matrix"
> Could you please tell me if i could do so.
> i dont want to install the latest version with GUI but
> i want a simple Linux which non graphical , text based
> and can run easily on IBM 86 and CGA monitor.
You can have the _latest_version_, without a GUI, just
fine. Just don't install the X packages. You can even
install X clients, really, just not an X server. Not
for CGA, anyway... I vaaguely remember that there exists
one for EGA.
> Also please tell me that what will be the version of
> that linux that will run on that old computer and from
> where can i download it?
I recommend Debian 2.2 (potato), or at least Debian 2.1 (slink).
from www.debian.org. The kernel version for potato is 2.2.15.
Just off the top of my head, I think that the kernel version
for Debian 2.1 is 2.0.38 (?). // I should go look but you'll
// find out when you go to
// dl installation diskette
// images, I'm sure.
