Take a look at Linux-lite at http://rsphy1.anu.edu.au/~gpg109/mem.html
It "limps along" on my 2Mb 386 with binaries from the Bogus
distrubution. The author claims the kernel will run in less than 1Mb!
-- Paul H. Hargrove All material not otherwise attributed hargrove@sccm.stanford.edu is the opinion of the author or a typo.