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1 5th September 09:46
bignuts
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just out of interest whats the oldest machine someones managed to install
gentoo on to ? and how does it run?
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2 5th September 09:46
andrew minter
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I had Gentoo running a web server on a DX4-100, and it worked just fine.
Took a while to compile gcc and glibc though (days.) Only abandoned it
when it started to crash a day or two into a big compile.
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3 5th September 09:46
kennett
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Hi,


I put it on a P1 133 when I built a router in my flat for my friends
and I to use. Decided to use stage 3 on install

Kennett
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4 5th September 09:46
krzysiek pawlik
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P166MMX + 32MB RAM -> stage1 took 2 days (and 2 nights

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5 5th September 09:46
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Gentoo I think it would have to be a 486dx4 100Mhz. 16MB of ram.

Now, as far as linux in general...Don't think I've run it on anything less
than a 486SX 25Mhz with 4MB of ram (at least that is the FIRST machine I
ever ran linux on back in 1992). I repartitioned my 80MB drive to free up
30MB for linux. Took 2.5 days to compile the kernel (and I'd NEVER get
the options I wanted in the kernel the FIRST time!).

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6 5th September 09:46
brian gant
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When asked, "Where were you on Mon, 10 May 2004 20:51:02 +0000??"bigNuts
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I Gentoo'd up an AMD K6-2 350MHz with a 2GB HD. The bootstrap alone
took over 24 hours, even with 512M Ram. I think it ended up taking a
total of 7 days to get from stage 1 to X+Fluxbox+xmms+gaim+opera. Mozilla
to FOREVER to compile on that heap.

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7 5th September 09:46
charles banas
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you've inspired me.

in the next couple of days, i'm going to drag out the old 386 and put
gentoo on it.

just for giggles.

and yes, i *will* post my results here.... in a couple weeks.

(of course, it would be very nice if i had a 3-way KVM. it would make
life so much easier.)

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8 5th September 09:46
peter jensen
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It might work today, but a while ago when I tested it, the "emerge
system" failed on compiling "groff". To save time, I recommend setting
up a chroot install on a much faster system. Go at least as far as
stage 3 before moving it over.

Good luck!

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9 5th September 09:46
jerry mcbride
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How about an old toshiba laptop... 486/100 and 64meg of memory 200meg hard
drive?

It runs... don't even think of running X on this though... :')
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10 5th September 09:46
charles banas
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which itself may be difficult. i've just realized several things:

1. the floppy drive is shot. i have a replacement, but i have no way to
make a bootable floppy. (i.e., i have nothing else with a floppy drive
and no access to a blank floppy. no one sells them locally any more,
and i'm rather short on funds as it is.)

2. the CD-ROM drive is an old 1x SCSI drive. you know, one of those old
external ones with a CD caddy that it spits out. i honestly have no
idea if the BIOS supports SCSI boot, much less bootable CDs. which
brings me back to problem 1. (i have a few ideas for solutions, but
admittedly, i'm wary of them.)

3. i know i have an ISA NIC, but i don't know if it works (or, for that
matter, where i put it).

i still intend to go forward with it and journal my progress. it may
just be some time before i can make a report.

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