Successfully running Linux 6.14 on my 486DX2 66Mhz system.
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Successfully running Linux 6.14 on my 486DX2 66Mhz system. Built a stripped down kernel and busybox from source to boot off a 2.88Mb floppy image on my Gotek floppy emulator.
Takes a few minutes to boot, has ATA, networking and framebuffer support.
Because it's the ash shell, neofetch (and others that require bash) don't run, but had Claude write a native ash tool called ufetch.
Todo:
1. Get dhcp working
2. Install/boot from a Compact Flash card
3. X Windows?
#linux #retrocomputing #486 -
Successfully running Linux 6.14 on my 486DX2 66Mhz system. Built a stripped down kernel and busybox from source to boot off a 2.88Mb floppy image on my Gotek floppy emulator.
Takes a few minutes to boot, has ATA, networking and framebuffer support.
Because it's the ash shell, neofetch (and others that require bash) don't run, but had Claude write a native ash tool called ufetch.
Todo:
1. Get dhcp working
2. Install/boot from a Compact Flash card
3. X Windows?
#linux #retrocomputing #486@micheal@social.ecliptik.com I should dig up my ol' 486DX4
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@micheal@social.ecliptik.com I should dig up my ol' 486DX4
@0mega I have an AMD 5x86-133Mhz (stuck at 100Mhz
) that I occasionally put in the system. Boot time is about the same since it feels like floppy IO is the bottleneck. -
@0mega I have an AMD 5x86-133Mhz (stuck at 100Mhz
) that I occasionally put in the system. Boot time is about the same since it feels like floppy IO is the bottleneck.@micheal@social.ecliptik.com Hmmm yeah, floppy IO is probably the bottleneck
IDE/CF will be much faster I guess
