Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Jul 2005, Karim Forsthofer wrote:
> 
>> It has a 486 processor, 4MB of RAM and 170MB diskspace. It`s not much, 
>> but don`t want to run fancy tools on it or X. The only thing that is 
>> important to me is the SDCC compiler (sdcc.sourceforge.net) I hope it 
>> will work with this little RAM.
> 
> 170 MB should be enough space for a stripped down NetBSD. I don't know 
> about sdcc though.
> 
> Also 4MB of memory is too little. You will need to build a custom kernel 
> that is small enough. Maybe it is not possible.
> 

Until a year or so ago I used 1.5.2 on a 486 with 4Mb of RAM. It
installed and booted OK, and then I installed a stripped down kernel
that I'd compiled elsewhere. The machine was used as an IP masquerading
firewall for my home network, a role that it coped with admirably. I'd
be surprised if 1.6 could not be used for a machine with a similar
amount of RAM.

Chris
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