Please tell me if a 386 is realistic for Linux

[Mark Glassberg]

You wrote:
> 
> Well, I haven't got $500 to give to my sister, and she damn sure 
> hasn't got it to spend, so I have to find a cheaper solution if she's 
> going to upgrade.  How about these options:
> 
> -  Use my machine at work to transfer files from a CD to floppy
> -  Put on ONLY the kernel, a word processor, and a spreadsheet
> -  Format the HD for Linux only, without any DOS partition
> 
> Would that save enough space to allow a 40MB HD to work?
> 
> Again, thanks for your help.
> 
> Bill Horne
> 
Perhaps the answer is DosLinux.  Check out:

http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/index.html
ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/doslinux
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