[Gllug] Distro for an EPC-301

[Richard Jones]

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 10:28:59AM +0100, Simon Morris wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have one of these beasties...
> 
> http://www.bvm-store.com/ProductDetail.asp?fdProductId=469
> 
> It came to us with a Compact Flash installation of PuppyLinux but I was
> hoping to be able to install something with a package repository behind
> it, ideally Debian.
> 
> The main issue is the lack of FPU support on the processor which means
> that Ubuntu, Debian and DamnSmallLinux won't install.

The data sheet says the processor is compatible with a 486SX.

I think your other problem is that most distros have dropped 386/486
support ... years ago.

I'm curious about the market for this.  It's more expensive, larger
and slower than beagleboards and gumstix.

Rich.

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Richard Jones
Red Hat
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