Linux distro for Pentium 75mhz 16mb ram?

[linuxisevolution]

My mac has been crazy, which is ten years old... I obtained this from a friend, who is also poor. I would like to run linux on it instead of win95. Abiword and a dillo will fulfill my needs. I would like a debian distro, but I'll try what you throw at me. There is no option for a cdrom drive on it, so this distro must fit into floppies. You guys should enjoy this challenge :)

*ROUND 1* :lolflag:



EDIT: its the toshiba satellite 100cs

[mikewhatever]

One of the few options available, and a debian one, is DSL.
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

[markthecarp]

Debian eh, I learned Debian on a P-200; never could get it to run on an dual proc P-90 I had.

I'd say the oldest version of Debian you can find. The Debian boot floppies, there were three, I had from those days are long gone. What, if any, network connection is available on the beast?

-mark

[linuxisevolution]

Debian eh, I learned Debian on a P-200; never could get it to run on an dual proc P-90 I had.

I'd say the oldest version of Debian you can find. The Debian boot floppies, there were three, I had from those days are long gone. What, if any, network connection is available on the beast?

-mark

The "beast" has no way to get a network connection right now... I have a dayna cummunicard, but to get the wire for it off of ebay is $20, which is more than a new laptop lol. I'm looking into these two, tell me what you think:
http://freshmeat.net/projects/xwoaf/?branch_id=48741&release_id=154710

http://www.menuetos.net/

[oilchangeguy]

My mac has been crazy, which is ten years old... I obtained this from a friend, who is also poor. I would like to run linux on it instead of win95. Abiword and a dillo will fulfill my needs. I would like a debian distro, but I'll try what you throw at me. There is no option for a cdrom drive on it, so this distro must fit into floppies. You guys should enjoy this challenge :)

*ROUND 1* :lolflag:



EDIT: its the toshiba satellite 100cs

windows 95 fit on about 30 floppies. do you have any idea the number of floppies you'd need for a modern operating system? and your hard drive (somewhere around 1gb) is not going to hold a modern os. your best bet is to use it as a door stop. there's no way even with 95 that it would be able to handle today's internet.

[cariboo]

I installed DSL on a P75 with 128Mb 30pin ram, it runs quite well, the only thing I had to do was swap the ISA nic for a PCI nic (more because I've forgotten how to set up ISA peripherals than for any other reason). DSL has the option to install to the hard drive and set up apt.

Jim

[oilchangeguy]

I installed DSL on a P75 with 128Mb 30pin ram, it runs quite well, the only thing I had to do was swap the ISA nic for a PCI nic (more because I've forgotten how to set up ISA peripherals than for any other reason). DSL has the option to install to the hard drive and set up apt.

Jim

look at the difference in ram. you 128mb, op 16mb. even with a fresh install of 95, it simply does not have the power to do anything with (other than get mad at it).

[Shazaam]

dsl as mentioned before.
Menuete (1 floppy distro)...
http://www.menuetos.net/
SliTaz...
http://www.slitaz.org/en/
Numerous others.....

[oilchangeguy]

dsl as mentioned before.
Menuete (1 floppy distro)...
http://www.menuetos.net/
SliTaz...
http://www.slitaz.org/en/
Numerous others.....

have you looked at the menute site? and it's list of tested cpu's? nothing even close to 75mhz. just because it fits on a floppy does not mean it will power antique computers.

[linuxisevolution]

look at the difference in ram. you 128mb, op 16mb. even with a fresh install of 95, it simply does not have the power to do anything with (other than get mad at it).

I get mad at it quite well. So, so far I have found one usage on this forum:

*anger management*

(although, that requires a sledge hammer. I only have a regular hammer )

[linuxisevolution]

Maybe not menute, but Xwoaf will run.

[Shazaam]

have you looked at the menute site? and it's list of tested cpu's? nothing even close to 75mhz. just because it fits on a floppy does not mean it will power antique computers.

Hmm silly me. I guess the FACT that Menuete ran on my old Compaq LTE 5000 (75mhz proc, 16megs ram, 500mb drive) clouded my mind. :)

[oilchangeguy]

Hmm silly me. I guess the FACT that Menuete ran on my old Compaq LTE 5000 (75mhz proc, 16megs ram, 500mb drive) clouded my mind. :)

next time you may want to consider including that "fact" when you post.

[markthecarp]

The "beast" has no way to get a network connection right now... I have a dayna cummunicard, but to get the wire for it off of ebay is $20, which is more than a new laptop lol. I'm looking into these two, tell me what you think:
http://freshmeat.net/projects/xwoaf/?branch_id=48741&release_id=154710

http://www.menuetos.net/

The first seems to be a live floppy; site says it runs from RAMDEK[sp]. The second looks challenging. A completely different OS.

Without an internet connection or a cd drive you're facing a steep uphill climb. Check some local computer stores that sell used stuff, if there are such in your area. Flea Markets might be an option too.

I have a boxed set of OS/2 ver.2.0; 16 floppies, all manuals and mail in registration forms still in the box. Never been used; interested? Copyright date on the installation manual is March, 1992.

http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/installer-i386/current/images/floppy/

You start with boot.img; each will prompt for the next floppy, when the last one is finished you'll be ready to start installing over the net or from an external cdrom.

-mark

[linuxisevolution]

The first seems to be a live floppy; site says it runs from RAMDEK[sp]. The second looks challenging. A completely different OS.

Without an internet connection or a cd drive you're facing a steep uphill climb. Check some local computer stores that sell used stuff, if there are such in your area. Flea Markets might be an option too.

I have a boxed set of OS/2 ver.2.0; 16 floppies, all manuals and mail in registration forms still in the box. Never been used; interested? Copyright date on the installation manual is March, 1992.

http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/installer-i386/current/images/floppy/

You start with boot.img; each will prompt for the next floppy, when the last one is finished you'll be ready to start installing over the net or from an external cdrom.

-mark


Yeah, I'd be interested. Will the floppies cost money though? Thanks.

[mikjp]

Kmandla has squeezed Linux to a comparable machine. See his blog!