The officially official Devuan Forum!

terryn

Member

Registered: 2024-08-01

Posts: 12  

Iso to install latest Devuan on 486 UEFI

I have been unable to find an iso as described in the thread title.  The only isos I have found are for the amd architecture.

I want to download direct from Devuan as the nearest mirror to me has an incomprehensible directory.

rolfie

Member

Registered: 2017-11-25

Posts: 1,458  

Re: Iso to install latest Devuan on 486 UEFI

486 UEFI? No way. There is no 486 CPU supported by any bios with uefi.

Please show:

inxi -Fz

Last edited by rolfie (2026-06-22 07:40:18)

stargate-sg1-cheyenne-mtn

Member

Registered: 2023-11-27

Posts: 492  

Re: Iso to install latest Devuan on 486 UEFI

doubtful that a 486 system would have enough ram for _any_ Devuan.

---

Be Excellent to each other and Party On!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rph_1DODXDU
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_%26_Ted%27s_Excellent_Adventure
Do unto others as you would have them do instantaneously back to you!

Camtaf

Member

Registered: 2019-11-19

Posts: 558  

Re: Iso to install latest Devuan on 486 UEFI

Kernels are not built for i486 machines these days, no distro will work on it, (unless it specifically says so) - better look for another O/S to use on it.

Maybe try FreeDOS.

stargate-sg1-cheyenne-mtn

Member

Registered: 2023-11-27

Posts: 492  

Re: Iso to install latest Devuan on 486 UEFI

more re: 486
(also that processor photo is awesome in and of itself, ha!)

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/04/linux-kernel-maintainers-are-following-through-on-removing-intel-486-support/

---

Be Excellent to each other and Party On!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rph_1DODXDU
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_%26_Ted%27s_Excellent_Adventure
Do unto others as you would have them do instantaneously back to you!

JWM-Kit

Member

Registered: 2020-06-29

Posts: 167  

Website

Re: Iso to install latest Devuan on 486 UEFI

I thought the 486 require a 16-bit BIOS to initialize hardware and boot. Is UEFI even possible with a 486?

---

JWMKit Sourceforge | JWMKit Codeberg | JWM Kit Wiki| JWMKit Forum

terryn

Member

Registered: 2024-08-01

Posts: 12  

Re: Iso to install latest Devuan on 486 UEFI

I have described the machine incorrectly.  Here is the result of the inxi command :

$ inxi -Fz
System:
  Kernel: 6.6.116-pclos1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.11 Distro: PCLinuxOS 2026
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME H310M-A R2.0 v: Rev X.0x
    serial: <superuser required> Firmware: UEFI vendor: American Megatrends
    v: 0305 date: 06/28/2018
CPU:
  Info: 6-core model: Intel Core i5-8400 bits: 64 type: MCP cache: L2: 1.5 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/4000 cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
    5: 800 6: 800
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-S GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] driver: i915 v: kernel
  Display: server: X.org v: 1.21.1.22 driver: X: loaded: intel,v4l dri: i965
    gpu: i915 resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.1.9 renderer: Mesa Intel UHD
    Graphics 630 (CFL GT2)
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo,glxinfo de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor
    x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 200 Series PCH HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
  API: ALSA v: k6.6.116-pclos1 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.6.3 status: active
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8192EE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter driver: rtl8192ee
  IF: wlan1 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    driver: r8169
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 912.89 GiB used: 115.05 GiB (12.6%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD5000AAKX-00U6AA0
    size: 465.76 GiB
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Crucial model: CT480BX500SSD1 size: 447.13 GiB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 68.35 GiB used: 26.71 GiB (39.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb4
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/sdb7
Sensors:
  Src: /sys System Temperatures: cpu: 35.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: N/A available: 31.23 GiB used: 2.43 GiB (7.8%)
  Processes: 263 Uptime: 2h 39m Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.40

steve_v

Member

Registered: 2018-01-11

Posts: 706  

Re: Iso to install latest Devuan on 486 UEFI

The only isos I have found are for the amd architecture.

arch: x86_64

amd64 is for any x86_64, Intel or AMD. The port is named that because AMD invented 64-bit x86 while intel was still floundering about with Itanic.

Last edited by steve_v (Yesterday 05:07:40)

---

Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. Four times is Official GNOME Policy.

terryn

Member

Registered: 2024-08-01

Posts: 12  

Re: Iso to install latest Devuan on 486 UEFI

Thanks.  It seems, then, that the iso I need is devuan_excalibur_6.1.1_amd64_desktop-live.iso.

On reflection, Cinnamon seems like the better choice of DE. KDE6 is a mess.

Camtaf

Member

Registered: 2019-11-19

Posts: 558  

Re: Iso to install latest Devuan on 486 UEFI

If you use the 'Desktop' installer .iso, you should be able to install your choice of desktop to install, directly to your drive.