P1 128RAM

John McGregor mr.mcgregor-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Wed Jul 29 23:33:35 UTC 2009


John McGregor wrote:
> edward chin wrote:
>> Does anyone have any recent experience with a distro on something 
>> this old?
>> There are lots of suggestions on fora like DSL, Puppy, Deli, and even
>> Mepis 6.5 (I've been unable to locate an iso even at their site - it
>> bounces to 8.0.06).
>> Most posts say stay away from DSL. I tried two v of Puppy but can't
>> get it to run on this box.
>> I'm sending this post from the box cited using Knoppix 3.2, but the
>> video output is poor.
>>
>> The box is from ACER MMX 233
>>
>> TIA
>>   
> Antix should run on it. There was a post recently on the Mepis forums 
> where the author claimed to have it running on a 486.
>
> http://antix.mepis.org/index.php/Main_Page
>
> John
>
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I've got the flu and wasn't paying attention. According the the Antix 
wiki, it's limited to a Pentium II and above and I haven't been able to 
locate the post I mentioned.

Sorry

John
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