Checked out #Linux kernel v3.7.10 to see if I can strip it down enough to run on the 386 with 4MB of RAM in the Toshiba T5200. My plan is to do something very similar to what I did in my blog post where I targeted a 486 (https://www.insentricity.com/a.cl/283), but this time use LOADLIN.EXE to load the kernel from DOS since I don't have a working floppy drive.
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Haven't tried this with a 3.X kernel, but I know the old 2.6.X worked great as that was my daily driver for a few years. I had a whole 8M of RAM on there and it ran great.
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@nikatjef My first Linux install was on a 386, around 1993. It would take 8 hours to recompile the kernel. I’d start it and go home for the day. In 1994 or 1995 I bought a 1 meg RAM board for my uncle's Toshiba T3100SX so that I could run Linux on it and I didn't have to lug my NeXTstation to my grandma's house.
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Sounds similar to what I started with... An Intel 80386/25 (Note the lack of DX, this was before the designation came out), with 4MB of 32ns RAM and a 384MB ESDI Drive.
Never did get a 387 for it as the motherboard did not have a slot for it.
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