Gentoo on an IBM 70 Mhz / 40 mb ram / 512 MB HD?

Y3kRulez · n00b Joined: 25 Sep 2006 Posts: 1

As title, is it possible to install a version of gentoo on an IBM 70 Mhz / 40 mb ram / 512 MB HD? I have to use it for the university to program in C and Java (very simple programs btw). Let me know =)

Crenshaw · Guru Joined: 23 Jun 2004 Posts: 474 Location: Poland

Forget about java....

gentleman · Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 7:23 pm Post subject:

Y3kRulez,

unfortunately the hard drive is too small. If there is a chance, not with stage 3 archive with which you need at least 1gb. CPU and Memory should not be the problem as long as you are not mad enough to merge an X-Server

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z1p101 · n00b Joined: 23 Sep 2006 Posts: 20 Location: Syracuse NY

I hate to say it but for this job I'd use a different flavor and I hope I'm not breaking any rules here. And if I am I'm onlt trying to help so plese don't hit me.

I had luck on an old 75Mz/48mb/2gig HD laptop with DSL and Vector. Liked DSL better.

Also you can get an older java sdk that will work, well works on mine, here.

gentleman · Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:01 am Post subject:

z1p101,

yes, but you had at least 2048MB, about four times as much as 512MB. This is a strong difference. I fear you have no chance with 512MB to get a stable system. That makes me kind of blue on the one hand, but on the other hand we have usually really a very scalable and powerful OS here.

Try to install WinXP on a 512MB HD, *lol*.
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x22 · Apprentice Joined: 24 Apr 2006 Posts: 208

512MB is enough for usable system if the distribution (and packages) is chosen carefully (or modified) but may not suiffice for development.

Maybe this distribution will work
http://www.delilinux.de/

drwook · Veteran Joined: 30 Mar 2005 Posts: 1324 Location: London

Half a gig is 'plenty' depending on what you're after. Gentoo is a no-no though for this. DSL is ok, minix will leave you most of that half a gig free. We're mostly talking old versions of distros or distro's made primarily for embedded though.

Take a look at this page;
http://bengross.com/smallunix.html