azha@lemm.ee to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoI think the motherboard is enough?lemm.eeexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1754arrow-down15
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minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down2·edit-25 months agoVery funny, but I actually used to own a computer that didn’t meet the minimum requirements for Linux. (Not my pic, but the same model.)
minus-squareozymandias117@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 months agohttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/include/math-emu/double.h#L29
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·5 months ago#if _FP_W_TYPE_SIZE < 32 #error "Here's a nickel kid. Go buy yourself a real computer." #endif LOL! That isn’t the same limitation I was thinking of, though.
minus-squareozymandias117@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoI wasn’t confident which requirement you were missing, but I love that error
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoI was under the impression that the main impediment to running Linux on a 286 was the lack of an MMU. I might be wrong about that, though.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-25 months agoLinux doesn’t run on anything below a 386 because it requires a MMU. (Some people have made forks that can run on 286s etc., but those changes have never been part of the mainline kernel.)
minus-squareKnightontheSun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoWhat can I run on a Transmeta Crusoe?
minus-squareRob T Firefly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoThey tried running Linux on their ENIAC, but someone accidentally tipped over one of the crates of punch cards which has unfortunately set the project back a few months.
Very funny, but I actually used to own a computer that didn’t meet the minimum requirements for Linux.
(Not my pic, but the same model.)
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/include/math-emu/double.h#L29
#if _FP_W_TYPE_SIZE < 32 #error "Here's a nickel kid. Go buy yourself a real computer." #endifLOL!
That isn’t the same limitation I was thinking of, though.
I wasn’t confident which requirement you were missing, but I love that error
I was under the impression that the main impediment to running Linux on a 286 was the lack of an MMU. I might be wrong about that, though.
What was it, the ENIAC?
Linux doesn’t run on anything below a 386 because it requires a MMU.
(Some people have made forks that can run on 286s etc., but those changes have never been part of the mainline kernel.)
What can I run on a Transmeta Crusoe?
They tried running Linux on their ENIAC, but someone accidentally tipped over one of the crates of punch cards which has unfortunately set the project back a few months.