@azha@lemm.ee to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 24 days agoI think the motherboard is enough?lemm.eeimagemessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up11.02K
arrow-up11.02KimageI think the motherboard is enough?lemm.ee@azha@lemm.ee to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 24 days agomessage-square58fedilink
minus-square@grue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink6•edit-224 days 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-squareRefurbished Refurbisherlinkfedilink3•24 days agoYou can if you emulate a CPU that does have an MMU. Someone has actually done this to get Linux booting on an Intel 4004. Another one got Linux to boot on a Commodore 64.
minus-square@cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish1•24 days ago386 support was dropped years ago.
minus-square@KnightontheSun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•24 days agoWhat can I run on a Transmeta Crusoe?
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.)
You can if you emulate a CPU that does have an MMU. Someone has actually done this to get Linux booting on an Intel 4004. Another one got Linux to boot on a Commodore 64.
386 support was dropped years ago.
What can I run on a Transmeta Crusoe?