[RESOLVED] Getting arch for other (i486) platform

beaux_monde · 2013-03-22 08:31:40

Is there the way to do subj? How is iso image of the installation media builded? I assume there is some sources which I can to download and build by myself.
Thank you in advance.

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Allan · 2013-03-22 11:27:26

You would need to build everything yourself... No-one has built Arch for i486 as far as I know.

beaux_monde · 2013-03-22 11:33:47

Thank you for your quick reply.

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nomorewindows · 2013-03-22 14:05:38

Using the abs tool, you can make makepkg with i486 architecture, probably the easier way.

bangkok_manouel · 2013-03-22 15:41:28

arch linux is way too much bloated for specs you could find on i486 machines.

chris_l · 2013-03-22 15:53:33

The wiki has an outdated article about building a i586 version.
You could use it as starting point to create your i486 version... by the way, the idea of a i486 version does not sound too bad, maybe I could help you building some packages (but I can't promise a lot of help; I'm not that interested)

If you are building this for running arch on an old 486 pc (why else would someone do such thing?) you probably will need to optimize the packages (like the kernel) for such old machines.

beaux_monde · 2013-03-22 16:12:50

WOW!
Very nice! Thank you very much!
My topic appeared as a result of need to change distro (currently Ubuntu) used @ something like embedded controller hardware. And now I am in choosing between using ready to use lightweight distro and building Arch for my architecture.

tomk · 2013-03-22 16:40:07

Why not use something current for your embedded project e.g. ARM, instead of obsolete stuff like i486? There's an existing ARM port of Arch, so no need to build it yourself.

chris_l · 2013-03-22 21:56:55

Ohh, I thought this was like a linux for retro hardware project, but is not. (what a bummer )
@tomk: Maybe I'm wrong, but I think is because he/she already owns the embeded hardware, and is more a question about what distro to use there instead of choosing a platform.

But if I'm wrong, and you can choose a platform, yeah, ARM is a better option for that.

Barthalion · 2013-03-23 07:35:53

I'm a bit biased, but you should take a look at Alpine Linux.

progandy · 2013-03-23 08:54:53

If you have to build everything from scratch for i486, you could as well consider Gentoo
But alpine linux seems to be another good choice. ulibc and busybox are a good basis for an embedded system since this is smaller than glibc with coreutils.

nomorewindows · 2013-03-23 12:49:30

chris_l wrote:

The wiki has an outdated article about building a i586 version.
You could use it as starting point to create your i486 version... by the way, the idea of a i486 version does not sound too bad, maybe I could help you building some packages (but I can't promise a lot of help; I'm not that interested)
If you are building this for running arch on an old 486 pc (why else would someone do such thing?) you probably will need to optimize the packages (like the kernel) for such old machines.

If he had a pentium, he could just use the repos from connochaetos.

dodo3773 · 2013-03-23 18:27:46

progandy wrote:

If you have to build everything from scratch for i486, you could as well consider Gentoo
But alpine linux seems to be another good choice. ulibc and busybox are a good basis for an embedded system since this is smaller than glibc with coreutils.

This. If you are going to compile everything from source why not just use a source based distrobution?

chris_l · 2013-03-23 21:16:04

dodo3773 wrote:

If you are going to compile everything from source why not just use a source based distrobution?

The reason I offered to help was because I would like to have an i486 or i386 port of arch. Once the package would be compiled, it would be easy to install on another old computers.

beaux_monde · 2013-03-25 04:29:19

chris_l wrote:

@tomk: Maybe I'm wrong, but I think is because he/she already owns the embeded hardware, and is more a question about what distro to use there instead of choosing a platform.

You are right.

beaux_monde · 2013-03-25 04:32:37

So, thank you all!
I think I'll investigate alpine option.

nomorewindows · 2013-04-03 16:21:56

There's an archived version of DeliLinux on sourceforge.net under the virtualboximages project. http://sourceforge.net/projects/virtualboximage/files/ This might possibly be a start even though it might be way outdated.

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