What OS?

kleptophobiac · 07-29-2003

I've got some special needs:

Runs on 486 75 w/ 24MB of RAM
Has orinoco drivers built in (or prism2)
Netinstall, boot with floppies, install via orinoco (or wpc11)
Under 200MB

f0urtyfive · 07-29-2003

ergh... i dont think that one is even good enough to give to 3rd world countries anymore... lol just go spend like 50$ on a comp yeah cheappie

kleptophobiac · 07-30-2003

I've got a P4-m 1.7ghz with 512MB of PC2100 memory with a 40GB hard drive. I'm just starting to be unwilling to haul it around wardriving with me.

Thorn · 07-30-2003

kleptophobiac, you might want to look at "Tom's Root Boot" 1 floppy boot disk. It may be a good start for you. I 've used it on some 486s before.

sparafina · 07-30-2003

Look through this thread , says that Lincomatic got win95 running on a 486/50 Fujitsu tablet.

Madhadder · 07-30-2003

I have a toshiba libretto, P2-233MX with 16mb ram.

It can run Win98 just fine, a bit slow at times, but fast enough
for NS. Yoa can also try A stripped version of Linux running Kismet.
If you think it will run an X-Server then try Wellenreiter.

kleptophobiac · 07-30-2003

I don't want windows... that's sorta why I asked in the Kismet forum. I'm interested in running kismet. No chance this thing will run X. I just need kismet to run.

will kismet work on freebsd?

Edit:
I got win95 running on a 486 50mhz with 12MB of RAM... but I hate windows for wardriving.

sparafina · 07-30-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by kleptophobiac
I don't want windows... that's sorta why I asked in the Kismet forum.

oops, mea culpa, wasn't paying attention.

You could try zipslack, it fits on 100 mb zip disk.

kleptophobiac · 07-30-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by sparafina
oops, mea culpa, wasn't paying attention.

You could try zipslack, it fits on 100 mb zip disk.

does it have a netinstall with built in orinoco support (or prism2.5)?

sparafina · 07-30-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by kleptophobiac
does it have a netinstall with built in orinoco support (or prism2.5)?

I haven't done it but it is, with a lot of work, doable .

peekitty · 07-30-2003

Slackware would be a good option. 7.1 will do a network install from an NFS share with three boot floppies. I'd suggest staying away from later revisions, as support for older displays was dropped from X. 200MB might be a real challenge on second thought, have you considered Damn Small Linux? I don't know if Orinoco is supported on DSL, you'll have to read the fine manual.

kleptophobiac · 07-31-2003

I'm trying to do a PLIP install via an NFS share.

My PLIP interface and NFS share on the server are working fine. I am having issues with the paraport_cs.o driver on the client. It gives me an unresolved symbol error.

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kleptophobiac Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 310	What OS? I've got some special needs: Runs on 486 75 w/ 24MB of RAM Has orinoco drivers built in (or prism2) Netinstall, boot with floppies, install via orinoco (or wpc11) Under 200MB

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Thorn Did you do the math? Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Villa Straylight Posts: 10,098	kleptophobiac, you might want to look at "Tom's Root Boot" 1 floppy boot disk. It may be a good start for you. I 've used it on some 486s before. __________________ Thorn "I'm The Doctor. I'm a Time Lord. I am from the planet Gallifrey in the constellation Kasterborous. I'm 903 years old and I am the man who is going to save your lives and all 6 billion people on the planet below... You got a problem with that?"

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Madhadder General "Noob Basher" Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Munich, Germany Posts: 1,620	I have a toshiba libretto, P2-233MX with 16mb ram. It can run Win98 just fine, a bit slow at times, but fast enough for NS. Yoa can also try A stripped version of Linux running Kismet. If you think it will run an X-Server then try Wellenreiter. __________________ Legends may sleep, but they never die!!!!

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kleptophobiac Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 310	I don't want windows... that's sorta why I asked in the Kismet forum. I'm interested in running kismet. No chance this thing will run X. I just need kismet to run. will kismet work on freebsd? Edit: I got win95 running on a 486 50mhz with 12MB of RAM... but I hate windows for wardriving. Last edited by kleptophobiac : 07-30-2003 at 09:50 AM.

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07-29-2003	#2 (permalink)
f0urtyfive HAH! Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 68	ergh... i dont think that one is even good enough to give to 3rd world countries anymore... lol just go spend like 50$ on a comp yeah cheappie

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kleptophobiac Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 310	I've got a P4-m 1.7ghz with 512MB of PC2100 memory with a 40GB hard drive. I'm just starting to be unwilling to haul it around wardriving with me.

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sparafina Registered Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Julie Speed Posts: 1,430	Look through this thread , says that Lincomatic got win95 running on a 486/50 Fujitsu tablet.

07-30-2003	#11 (permalink)
peekitty Macaca Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S. Florida Posts: 1,056	Slackware would be a good option. 7.1 will do a network install from an NFS share with three boot floppies. I'd suggest staying away from later revisions, as support for older displays was dropped from X. 200MB might be a real challenge on second thought, have you considered Damn Small Linux? I don't know if Orinoco is supported on DSL, you'll have to read the fine manual.

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kleptophobiac Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 310	I'm trying to do a PLIP install via an NFS share. My PLIP interface and NFS share on the server are working fine. I am having issues with the paraport_cs.o driver on the client. It gives me an unresolved symbol error.