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Re: Linux on 486 with 16Mb RAM



On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Shahar Dag wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sagi Bashari" <sagi@boom.org.il>
> Cc: <linux-il@linux.org.il>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 2:20 AM

> > MDK is compiled for i586, so you can't it on 486.. (although I think that
> > 7.0 had a 386 version)
> >
> > RedHat should work, but use text installion, not graphical..
> >
> > If you're still having problems, maybe you should consider slackware (it
> > should work smoothly on old machines such as 386/486).
>
> I know that you can re-compile the kernel for the processor you are using.
> 1. Do you need to re-compile the entire distro when using an old processor?
> 2. Can you re-compile the entire distro?

Theoretically: yes. rpm and deb make this possible, and quite easy.

Practically: you need a monster compiling machine (not the 486,
certainly). You probably can't afford testing everything.

You also won't be able to apply hotfixes from mandrake as-is (you'll have
to compile them). This means that you'll have a longer esponse time. Think
of what happens if there is an problem with a big package.

-- 
Tzafrir Cohen
mailto:tzafrir@technion.ac.il
http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir



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