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Written by FozzTexx on 2025-01-19 at 18:35

New #Insentricity post: Getting #Linux to boot on a Toshiba T5200, a 386 luggable with only 4MB of RAM. Linux doesn’t love being this RAM-starved, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be done. The biggest challenge? Compatibility: LOADLIN’s supposed bzImage support and getting Linux to work with my impossibly large (for the period) hard drive.

https://www.insentricity.com/a.cl/289/rekernel-linux-on-a-386-again

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Written by Skyr on 2025-01-19 at 19:18

@fozztexx cool! Which kernel version did you manage to start?

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Written by FozzTexx on 2025-01-19 at 19:55

@skyr https://www.insentricity.com/a.cl/289/rekernel-linux-on-a-386-again

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Written by penguin42 on 2025-01-19 at 19:50

@fozztexx 4MB wasn't totally crazy to run Linux on at the time of the machine when Linux was young

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Written by FozzTexx on 2025-01-19 at 20:48

@penguin42 I really do wonder how much RAM I had on the 386 I was using as an 8-line dialup server back in 1993. All I remember was kernel builds took 8 hours and I would start them before going home for the day.

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