Very mini linux [OT]

[Mehdi Hassanpour]

Have a look at this one too...

http://zoollinux.org/moin.cgi/FrontPage



On 3/19/06, Ewan Mac Mahon <ewan at macmahon.me.uk> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 12:12:43PM +0000, Thomas Beckett wrote:
> >
> > I have been asked if it is possible to create a linux boot floppy
> <snip>
> > The problem is that the machine it is to run on is an old leco
> > chemistry automation machine. This machine is based on a 286 (i think)
> If it is indeed a 286 then no Linux will run on it; the 286 lacks a
> hardware memory management unit, and Linux absolutely requires one[1].
>
> > Does anybody know of any resources that might be able to help me?
> >
> Does it really have to be this computer that does the job? In the
> developed world at least it is often possible to acquire second hand
> pentium class machines for absolutely nothing - people are usually
> grateful you'll take them away; that would seem a simpler approach.
>
> Ewan
>
> [1] uCLinux doesn't, but it's not really Linux. It also seems to to have
> an x86 port. <http://www.uclinux.org/>
>
>
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