[GRLUG] Old isa motherboard & linux

[Bob Kline]

Just an anecdote, on a whim I tried installing
KNOPPIX on a machine of about that vintage
a few years ago. Version 5.3 I think.

For whatever reason, it installed, and worked
just fine.  An ASUS board with an 80386, IDE,
etc.  It still works.

I think if this says anything, it says one can
never be sure. I imagine there is a list somewhere
of what CPU's the latest kernels officially support.

   -- Bob



On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 10:37 PM, Joseph McLaughlin <jwm8351 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> I would like to install ubuntu on an old isa based computer - (ide drives
> - no usb support - etc)
>
> Needs:
> Isa card support
> ability to have the isa computer talk to other computers on my lan.
> could use client / server hook up via c program?
> multi tasking.
> able to run C, or php (java is probally to large)
>
> Problems:
> I don't think ubuntu will work on such an old machine.
>
> Any ideas.
>
> Thanks
>
> Joe
>
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