>I'd be very leary of trying to install Linux on this machine. While
>there are some distributions will run on pre-Pentium processors (even
>386's), most of the widely available ones want more horsepower (Redhat
>and Mandrake want at least a Pentium II, Celeron, or AMD K6-2 as a
>minimum).


This might apply if you are planning on running X-Windows and looking for a
GUI replacement to windows, however for a command line server, or router /
firewall, or a GNAT Box Lite, a 486 DX2 66 or above would be fine.... a
DX2  with enough RAM would have enough power to get you into X-windows long
enough to help you set up your server. It would be painfully slow but you
wouldn't be running anything other then the GUI and you wouldn't be in
there very long. Back in the command line interface it would run fine
...and you have up to 10 consoles.  It all depends on what you want to do
with Linux and how much you know about Linux command line.

>  The Promise card isn't going to help matters, either. You're
>in for a lot of bit-bashing, web-searching, hair-tearing and plain hard


The original EIDE MAX is a recognized controller in Linux out of the box
and I would think the newer MAX II would be even better...you shouldn't
have any problem with it.

Mark Rode
The NOSPIN Group


>work, and there are going to be lots of frustrations along the way. I
>
>Regards,
>Carroll Grigsby

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