> Andrew E. Mileski wrote:
> >
> > > I too have linux running on semi-obsolete hardware and think it does a
> > > grand job.
> >
> > Nika (4MB i386DX-40) would get very upset if only her big sister
> > Nikita (32MB, Pentium 166) could run the latest kernels.
>
> Just to continue the old hardware fetish to its ridiculous extreme,
> how 'bout an 8MB 386SX/16 with a pair of 65MB RLL disks? A kernel
> rebuild on this beast is an all-night operation :-).
Don't think you are joking? The machine I am trying to "upgrade" to
a new kernel __IS__ a 8MB 386SX/16 ! Fortunately it does not have
an IDE disk/controller. I just may have to give away my 'old' 486-DX/66
motherboard I removed when I installed my new dual Pentium board on my SMP
machine.
Cheers,
DJ
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Richard B. Johnson
Analogic Corporation
Email : rjohnson@analogic.com, johnson@analogic.com
Penguin : Linux version 2.1.42 on an i586 machine (66.15 BogoMips).
Warning : It's hard to stay on the trailing edge of technology.
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