Re: 386sx with 5 MB too slow?

From: winsor (winsor@wi.net)
Date: Tue Dec 14 1999 - 22:49:55 CET


I've successfully ran muLinux on several "compaq LTE Lite 386 sx/25"
notebooks with 12 Megs.......and report failure on an ancient 4 meg 386
this machine never made it to even ask about "toilet paper"*grin*

signed
winsor

Karl-Heinz Zimmer wrote:
>
> On 14.12.99, 18:04:45, Kochenburger Andreas wrote:
>
> > Just for fun I once tried to install mulinux on a 5MB 386SX.
> > It did not work. It was too slow.
>
> Andreas, are you sure everything was installed correctly?
>
> I first tried muLinux on my old 386SX with 4MB but with an
> (incredibly expensive) 80387 and all worked fine except of X.
>
> Next I 'upgraded' :-D to an 386DX without coprocessor but with
> 8 MB and there I was even able to run the X11 with 16 colors.
>
> I am not sure but IMHO it should be possible to run muLinux on
> your 386SX _if_ you just could manage to let it have 8 MB instead
> of that 5MB.
>
> Regards
> Karl-Heinz
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>
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