Comment by incanus77
9 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.
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.
https://web.archive.org/web/20151223083654/https://www.debia...
Sarge dropped i386, Squeeze i486