Forget X on a 386. I would say that minumum for X is 486SX (done it on a 486SX33, 512K VGA 8Mb Ram).<br>
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I have managed slakware (older distribution) on a 4Mb 40MbHD 386SX16. No fancy stuff. just enough to get it to boot and use as a terminal. If you plan on trying with a machine with less than 8Mb, you'll have to do plenty of RTFMing on low memory installs.<br>