← Back to context Comment by dmitrygr 13 hours ago in theory, 2.4-vintage mainline kernel should be buildable for your system. try it 4 comments dmitrygr Reply incanus77 12 hours ago I should've been more clear. Sure, I started my Linux days on 2.0.36, which booted by floppy, on a Pentium 2. But what I want is some semblance of a distro, with tools and a way to do things, not just rolling my own technically-bootable kernel. dmitrygr 9 hours ago debian, a few releases backor busybox (surprisingly useful) incanus77 9 hours ago Note that i386 does not mean that the 386 is supported. Distros have removed support for 386 for many years, and some for 486 for years as well. 1 reply →
incanus77 12 hours ago I should've been more clear. Sure, I started my Linux days on 2.0.36, which booted by floppy, on a Pentium 2. But what I want is some semblance of a distro, with tools and a way to do things, not just rolling my own technically-bootable kernel. dmitrygr 9 hours ago debian, a few releases backor busybox (surprisingly useful) incanus77 9 hours ago Note that i386 does not mean that the 386 is supported. Distros have removed support for 386 for many years, and some for 486 for years as well. 1 reply →
dmitrygr 9 hours ago debian, a few releases backor busybox (surprisingly useful) incanus77 9 hours ago Note that i386 does not mean that the 386 is supported. Distros have removed support for 386 for many years, and some for 486 for years as well. 1 reply →
incanus77 9 hours ago Note that i386 does not mean that the 386 is supported. Distros have removed support for 386 for many years, and some for 486 for years as well. 1 reply →
I should've been more clear. Sure, I started my Linux days on 2.0.36, which booted by floppy, on a Pentium 2. But what I want is some semblance of a distro, with tools and a way to do things, not just rolling my own technically-bootable kernel.
debian, a few releases back
or busybox (surprisingly useful)
Note that i386 does not mean that the 386 is supported. Distros have removed support for 386 for many years, and some for 486 for years as well.
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