Damn Small Linux on a Pentium MMX

I was bored one day, so i decided to set up an old socket 7 board, to see how well it would perform running damn small linux. Networking works so internet access is posible.

Spec:
Pentium MMX 233Mhz (fastest CPU supported by motherboard)
256MB RAM (max supported by motherboard)
ATI PCI VGA card
PCI Network Card
PCI USB card (for USB mouse)
GA - 586TX2 Motherboard

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Damn
• Small
• Linux
• Pentium
• MMX

[kjah11]

hia i have a question (i hope you will see i have dsl installed on my usb it is working and all, only when i run the dsl.bat file my pc says the program doesnt respond, i have win 7 so maby the drivers are to new and will this work on a pc xp?

thank in advance :)

[samthornley]

@kjah11 Dsl needs to boot before windows starts. With the dsl usb drive plugged in, boot your PC then look on your bios post screen for a boot device selection menu. Usually its Esc, F11 or F12. Then select your usb drive then DSL should boot. You can boot DSL in windows through emulation but thats a different story.

[kjah11]

@samthornley

thx will see if it workes i use it for school anyways and it runs on the xp pc's there so i'm good :D

one more question becouse it runs via the usb ic couldnt see any programs that are on the xp xomp can i ?

thanks

[samthornley]

@kjah11 Its a totally differnt OS you won't be able to run installed windows programs through a live linux session that easy. It is posible to run windows apps using the Wine emulator.

[Scioneer]

With 256mb Ram you could probably run Puppy on that setup.

[samthornley]

@Scioneer Puupy did run but was painfully slow :-(

[borderlineartistic]

@samthornley try android?

[girinathprthi]

@24149421 You dnt need to discourage this old tech.

Can you even make a chip of that old pentium i630??

[24149421]

233Mhz...

my phone : 1Ghz ....

[bacovia2004]

@samthornley My PC Mobo (the pc itself now is in a cardboard case i found)is A VIA-AGP Apollo 11.

[maniakk14]

You know that part where it said DSL in ASCII characters? Welcome to DSL? Mine gets stuck at that screen. No words, just the Linux penguin and a blinking "awaiting input" cursor. Help??