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Operating Systems Linux What hardware will LINUX run on 386/486 ? Post 302331001 by pludi on Friday 3rd of July 2009 03:58:17 AM
Old 07-03-2009
Short answer: Yes
Long answer: Yes, but it'll take some time to install and you'll have no eye-candy.

AFAIK, the only distributions still supporting 486 CPUs are Slackware and Debian. Maybe even Ubuntu, but don't expect the GUI to be responsive. If you've got a whole lot of time, you could try Linux from Scratch. On a P90 it took me 2 weeks from zero to a half-way decent system (including some BLFS software)

Also, I don't think the BIOS' on those systems can cope with dates > 1999-12-31, so expect some oddities there.
 

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SYSLINUX2ANSI(1)					      General Commands Manual						  SYSLINUX2ANSI(1)

NAME
syslinux2ansi - converts a syslinux-format screen to pc-ansi SYNOPSIS
syslinux2ansi < filename.input > filename.output DESCRIPTION
Syslinux2ansi is a filter which converts a screen formatted for syslinux to one compatible with PC ANSI. It will only read from standard in, and has no command line options. BUGS
Help and version command line options would be useful. The ability to put input and output filenames on the command line might be good as well. Bug reports I would appreciate hearing of any problems you have with SYSLINUX. I would also like to hear from you if you have successfully used SYS- LINUX, especially if you are using it for a distribution. If you are reporting problems, please include all possible information about your system and your BIOS; the vast majority of all problems reported turn out to be BIOD or hardware bugs, and I need as much information as possible in order to diagnose the problems. There is a mailing list for discussion among SYSLINUX users and for announcements of new and test versions. To join, send a message to majordomo@linux.kernel.org with the line: subscribe syslinux in the body of the message. The submission address is syslinux@linux.kernel.org. SEE ALSO
syslinux(1), perl(1) AUTHOR
This manual page is a quick write-up for Debian done by Kevin Kreamer <kkreamer@etherhogz.org>, by looking over the 1 screenful of Perl that is syslinux2ansi. SYSLINUX2ANSI(1)
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