On Friday 15 February 2002 12:01 pm, Jay Kline wrote: > I saw the thread going on the Tiny Linux, running a P2 with 80Mb disk- > well, I recently got a Laptop to help out in my OS class for school. Its a > Compaq 286LE. It has 640K memory, and 10Mb disk drive (not sure if its AT > or what yet). Currently it has Minix installed on it (for class) but when > my class is done, I want to see if I can get Linux to run on it. Does > anyone know if any distro's out there can support this? Or, if I have to > hack my own, any hints? You'll have a lot of hacking to do, since Linux requires a 386 at a bare minimum. Remember, Linus started Linux in part to take advantage of the extensions Intel added to the 386. Nevertheless, should you manage to port Linux to a 286, you would definitely get a mention on Slashdot, so if fame is what you're after, go for it. :) :Peter