bb002 Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 (edited) Hello. I've been googling around. I have been finding plenty of resources but they cover linux distros that seem to have died out. Now I am here asking for help. PC specs: Processor: 66Mhz 486 Memory: 35MB, yes 35MB. two 16MB sticks, but bios reports 35MB and diagnotics say it is all valid. HDA: 1284MB HDB: 1224MB HDC: 4x CD-ROM Video: Internal Cirrus Logic GD-54xx VGA. has 1MB RAM. ISA expansion card: 1 free, 2 used. Sound: Aztech Sound Galaxy Washington 16. on ISA expansion card. with joystick port. PC diagnotics detect it as a sound blaster and produces sound through it too. not needed though. audioable beeps through system speaker is enough. NIC: 10Mbit, Unknown manufacturer. on ISA expansion card. Modem: 56.6Kb built-in to MB, not used or needed. ps/2: 2 connectors for mouse and keyboard. serial: 1 port. not used or needed. printer: 1 port. not used or needed. Desired use: IRC, web and FTP servers. I need to be able to remotely admin the machine through telnet or ssh because a monitor will not be connected most of the time. I am quite willing to spend as much time as it takes to get the system running. I am doing this partly to learn how linux works as an OS, partly to put this junker to work, and mainly to have fun. ;) GUI is not needed, dunno if GUI would run on it anyways. Anyone know of a linux distro still in existance that will run reasonably well on this machine? [edit] corrected video card name. [edit2] corrected sound card. Edited March 14, 2005 by bb002 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 perfect box for a small web and ftp server. http://mulinux.sunsite.dk/ http://tiny.seul.org/en/ http://www.superant.com/smalllinux/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlc Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 http://mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtopic=23457 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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