[Xastir] Some advice on a dedicated Xastir box please?

[Bob Nielsen]

It probably can be done, with a bit of work (busybox, etc.)  PA4TU put
together a floppy-based mini version of Linux which ran TLF
<http://debianham.sunsite.dk) and 10 MB is a lot more space than that.
 
My first Linux installation was an early version of Slackware on a 50
MB partition with 12 MB RAM. I'm sure I could have made it much smaller.

Bob, N7XY

On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 09:03:15AM -0500, Jerry Chamberlin wrote:
> 
> I have a IBM 386 PC in working order, I will need to find a Linux
> that will work on a 10 Meg drive. It currently has Win 3.1 Network
> Version , maybe small Cgywin (J/K)
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Dick C. Reichenbach wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > "Curt Mills, WE7U" wrote:
> > > Might be fun to see what the lowest-end system is that Xastir could
> > > run on.  I should still have a 386SX-20 motherboard or two laying
> > > around and enough parts to make them function...
> > 
> > 
> > It's been a while, but if I remember correctly the 386SX's are 286
> > pinout chips.  They use the old 286 memory lines, so you can get away
> > with using only 1 memory chip per bank, and the newer 386DX's use the 4
> > chips per bank.  I'm thinking you would need a bare minimum 386DX chip
> > to run the Linux, seeing how it is a 32bit OS.
> > 
> > Now I know I have an old TI/AMD 40Mhz DX chip laying around here
> > somewheres.  Now that would be a project.
> > 
> > Dick R.

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