Re: OLD stuff

[Al Hudson <nospam [at] york.ac.uk>]

On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Craig Andrews wrote:

> For those who know about this project... I have managed to boot my 2Mb
> 386sx20 laptop to linux using kernel version 1.2.11, and a selection of
> files from a variety of old disks and such lying around the house.

. also commonly known as masochism ;))

> However, I have a million and one problems, eg I get 'bdflush not
> running' errors ALL THE TIME!!! and also kernel 1.2.13 won't boot (seems
> to be compiled for a 486), and I can't seem to get it to recompile, due
> to about a thousand errors.

Err ... generally, bdflush is something linux likes to have around ;) I'm
not surprised you get complaints.... I wouldn't try to compile the kernel
on the 386 if I were you. Put the source on your desktop machine (being
careful not to place it over your current linux source tree ;), and
compile it there, making sure to target it to i386. 

> Anyway, if anyone knows of a list of files needed to boot a machine, and
> login, I would be very greatful, and even better, if you know of any
> really old distributions (kernel 1.1.x - 1.2.x) which fit on not too
> many floppies, it would also be greatly appreciated.

http://www.linuxrouter.org/ is a personal favourite of mine, but there are
a number of others, I forget their names unfortuantely. Have a look at the
distro's section of http://www.lwn.net/; they have practically every
distro under the sun. Try the obvious ones, like microlinux, ulinux, etc.,
I imagine there'll be something there that suits your needs!

Cheers,

Alex.


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