[NCLUG] Build a Linux kernel for a 486 machine.

[Martin Gelfand]

I would recommend one of the (now many) special-purpose
distributions.  floppyfw was mentioned in
a previous reply, which I have seen work; another 
floppy-based distro I have seen in action is Coyote Linux.
There are many more: the ones which are floppy based tend
to be less "user friendly" than the ones that take up
more real estate on a storage device, but have other
benefits (look ma, no harddrive or CD! -- very little
in the way of hardware that can go bad).

lwn.net has a nice listing (look at the Special purpose/Mini section)
on their Distributions page. 

Martin Gelfand
Dept of Physics, Colorado State  

On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, Meng, Andrew wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I want to set a 486 machine as a router/gateway machine. Is it possible?
> What is the minimum requirement for this PC(Memory, Hard drive etc)? 
> 
> I guess I could build the kernel on a faster machine and transfer it to the
> 486 machine. Could anyone tell me how to build and transfer over if there is
> no network before loading the kernel? Do I need build each components as
> part of the kernel instead of a module loaded in when needed?
> 
> Thanks a lot!
> 
> Andrew
>  
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