[dundee] Linux on old hardware

[Nicholas Walker]

well, It seems I've spoken too soon.


http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=79660



was trawling the arch boards, and just so happened to find that handy post
where someone has ported arch to i586.

his installable media is here: http://archlinux-i586.org/iso/

and you'll want to use these for your mirrors in /etc/pacman.conf

[core]
Server = http://chaox.net/~jens/arch-i586/core
[extra]
Server = http://chaox.net/~jens/arch-i586/extra

give me a shout if you need any more info.



On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Nicholas Walker <tel0seh at googlemail.com>wrote:

> Arch is currently only available in i686 and x86_64, so unless you want to
> recompile for another architecture,and then work without a package manager,
> you'll have no luck.
> Also, arch probably isn't the best candidate for cutting edge driver
> support, so if you want a lightweight system, I'd probably suggest that you
> go for an ubuntu minimal install, and build your GUI from the command line.
>
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> On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:52 AM, <tr.simpson at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> The recent thread on power saving on laptops was interesting.
>>
>> I am currently trying to get an old compaq tc1000 tablet working with
>> linux [256mb ram transmeta crusoe processor]
>>
>> its running pretty snappily with debian lenny and lxde but I'd really like
>> to try out Arch linux on it as I think I'd have more success getting the
>> pen drivers working.
>>
>> But I can't find a i586 version of arch linux on the net
>>
>> does anybody have a disc they could copy for me ?
>>
>> I'll be at the meeting tonight if anyone can help
>>
>> Tim
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