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2.0, 3.x - my favourite versions... I could run Linux on 2MB of ram at 386SX 16mhz, thanks to a.out format of binaries instead of ELF. It was really really gre
by iberator 1y ago
2.0, 3.x - my favourite versions...
I could run Linux on 2MB of ram at 386SX 16mhz, thanks to a.out format of binaries instead of ELF.
It was really really great. Then everything went downhill with glibc/eglibc split and mandatory ELF binary format.
[same stuff could no longer boot at 2MB of RAM].
Although, I run it around 1999/2000 :P [then Slackware 7.1, 8.1, and NetBSD 1.6.1].
Shitty times but great software and hardware. [it was fun to try boot/install system at 4MB of ram :) ]
I once installed 7.1 at a modern machine and I was able to compile the default kernel in like 14 seconds instead of 45 minutes with 486DX2.