Oldest Pc

[SAFAD]

Hi All
i Woul Really Like To Setup TinyCore On That Very Old PC (1984 if i am not wrong)
The Only way Is By Using The Old Disks
4MB if you remember em
How Should I Install it
PS: I Was Surprised To See You Use SMF cuz Ive Never Seen You Asking For Help in The Forum

My Best Regards

[bmarkus]

No go, 4M RAM is too less even for MC. Also, most probably CPU do not meet minimum requirements, it is a 286 in best case.

For TC/MC you need as a minimum a 486 CPU and 64M RAM.

[SAFAD]

i didnt mean 4MB ram
i ment i will use 4MB disk to install is it possible ?

[bmarkus]

What is about RAM size, CPU and HD interface type? I guess yo do not have PCI only ISA slots.

[SAFAD]

you got it
i have only PS2 Port
and disk reader (i dont remember the name)
and about the ram
mmmmmmmm
maybe 16MB Cuz Minimum Of Win3.11 Is 16 as i know

[MikeLockmoore]

The original IBM PC and XT had 16-bit CPUs (Intel 8088), as did the original IBM AT (80286).  Most versions of Linux are compiled to run on at least some form of 32-bit processor, so you would need at least an Intel 80386-based computer, and even this will require an older form of Linux, or one specially-compiled for the 80386 CPU.  There is at least one version of linux for 80268 computers (uclinux?), but I think that it is very limited. I think bmarkus is right in that you will need a computer with a 80486 CPU or better to run TC or almost any other modern Linux. 

I think there were some Unix-like OSes or shells for the 16-bit class of computer.  Early Minix I think might work.  There was a commercial Unix-like OS for PCs called MKS Coherent, if you can find a copy.
--
Mike L.

[SAFAD]

That If It Is 16 Bit

[bmarkus]

That If It Is 16 Bit

Too old for LINUX