Re: Minimum hardware

[Jan Carlson <janc iname com>]

L C Nagy wrote:

> The books say that the version of Redhat Linux I bought can be installed
> on a 386 with 8MB RAM and 80MB HD (without X Windows, of course).
> However, my searches of the archives have not turned up information on
> how to do that.  I get stuck on the install because, apparently, I need
> to disable the ramdisk option.  Any help or suggestions would be much
> appreciated.

You can definitely install on a 386 though.  The RH kernels will boot and run

on 386,486,... plus clones.  But nothing older than a 386.

It is possible to compile a kernel that requires 486 and up, or 586 and up.
But the kernels in the rpms are happy with 386.

>
>
> Regards,
> L.C. Nagy
> LCNagy juno com
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Jan Carlson
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