On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 05:00:43PM +0100, NN_il_Confusionario wrote: > On Sat, Feb 02, 2008 at 03:16:52PM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote: > > Am 2008-01-31 08:51:08, schrieb NN_il_Confusionario: > > > The IBM I have (90MHz cpu, "carolina" motherboard) still runs woody (and > > > linux 1.4.19); I do not think it would run smoothly with etch. > > > > I suspect, Woody will run with a 1.4.19 :-) > > > > Since it was shiped with 2.2.20 and 2.4.8 (AFAIK) > > a typo, it is a 2.4.19 > > This is a precompiled kernel for that hardware that I found on the net > (and, nicely, starting from 2.4.19 there is no kernel problem for large > ide HDs. Moreover the powerpc architecture has no "bios" problems for > that; its openfirmware is not so dumb). > > The boot floppy for the installation was 2.2.something > > Woody stock (binary or source) kernels do not support that hardware. > > > > I think IBM also had multiprocessor models. > > > > You can use the IBM Netfini (Dual P2/233 with 512 MB of memory) > > as nice mini workstations which are cheap on eBay. > > I was referring to a (peculiar kind of) powerpc architecture, which the > reqester possibly dislikes since possibly OpenBSD does not run on it > (when I installed that machine in woody's times, not even NetBSD was > able to run on that hardware). > > Possibly the requester will not like also your suggestion since the > request was to stay below 200 MHz. >
Below 200 MHz and run current Debian or OpenBSD. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
