[dundee] Linux on old hardware

[Nicholas Walker]

Turns out the community and misc repositorys have been ported too, although
im not sure what state they are in.

[community]
Server = http://chaox.net/~jens/arch-i586/community
[misc]
Server = http://chaox.net/~jens/arch-i586/misc



On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Nicholas Walker <tel0seh at googlemail.com>wrote:

> well, It seems I've spoken too soon.
>
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> http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=79660
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> 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 <http://chaox.net/%7Ejens/arch-i586/core>
>
> [extra]
> Server = http://chaox.net/~jens/arch-i586/extra <http://chaox.net/%7Ejens/arch-i586/extra>
>
> give me a shout if you need any more info.
>
>
>
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> 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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>>
>> Nick Walker
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