Re: OLD stuff

[Craig Andrews <nospam [at] fishbot.free-online.co.uk>]

> . also commonly known as masochism ;))

	Quote from 'fortune':
		Pretend to spank me, I'm a pseudo masochist

> 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.

	I'm not that mad! Anyway, I haven't got gcc across yet. Anyhow, what is
bdflush, and how do I start it running if it isn't already. If there is
an executable, then I don't seem to have it on the system.

> 
> > 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!
> 

Much appreciated,

cheers,
craig
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