[NTLUG:Discuss] 486SX Distro

[Paul Ingendorf]

This sounds promising again how well would it work with a 486sx chip just piping the display from another box would be beneficial if I could get it to allow an autologin feature.

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From: discuss-admin at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-admin at ntlug.org]On Behalf
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Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 6:23 AM
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Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] 486SX Distro


On Sat, 13 Jul 2002 09:43:11 -0500
"Paul Ingendorf" <pauldy at wantek.net> wrote:

> I'm looking for a distro that will support a 486SX 100 with X windows on 16mb of ram.  :-)  I know the constraints make this a tough system to work with which is why I thought I would post this as a question to the group as someone is bound to have actually done this and know of a distro that will do it fairly well.

I don't know about a distro that can do all that but I know you can certainly make that 486 run as an Xwindows terminal. Check out http://www.ltsp.org/
I use it to boot some old 486's and Pentium 75's with 16mb of ram.

LTSP was started specifically to make use of older systems that otherwise would not be usable today.

If you are interested in that route, I can help you with the setup.

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rob apodaca

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