on 6-21-2008 6:17 AM Jerry Geis spake the following: >> >> Sorry, I have no clue about your question. However, I have several >> AMD K6 chips (pentium-equivalent) lying around should you trip over >> a motherboard that'll run them. That would solve your 486 problem, I >> think, so let me know if such a chip would help you out. >> > Fred - thanks for the offer - however I do have a specific device I am > targeting. Ebox2300sx. > I have no options on the hardware. It would be a great solution hardware > wise but software is > being a bit of a pain at this time. > > Johnny - thanks for the info. I actually have debian booted on the > device but then EVERYTHING > is so much different on debian than centos. I was also trying a redhat 9 > install and put a 2.6 kernel on it. > However, I realize this is not the best solution. BUT - to try it out > and get something working with > the other programs I need I thought that might be a valid short term > path to check things out. > > Thanks guys, > > Jerry I still think Debian, Ubuntu, Gentoo, or one of the BSD's will be your best option on that hardware. But Gentoo would take forever to compile/install on that hardware. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 258 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080621/34f622fe/attachment-0005.sig>