azha@lemm.ee to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoI think the motherboard is enough?lemm.eeimagemessage-square61linkfedilinkarrow-up11.01Karrow-down16cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11.01Karrow-down1imageI think the motherboard is enough?lemm.eeazha@lemm.ee to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square61linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-23 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 Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 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-squareKnightontheSun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoWhat can I run on a Transmeta Crusoe?
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days ago386 support was dropped years ago.
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.
What can I run on a Transmeta Crusoe?
386 support was dropped years ago.