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Compile it yourself then (abs is trivial) or if you are too lazy: http://vectorlinux.com/ is similar to arch (slightly more slackware biased ) and runs on i386
Compiling is not fun on old hardware and Vector is not Arch. I agree that Vector is very good for old hardware though. That's not why I'm commenting. Could you fix your date or whatever is wrong with your setup: "Received: from g229085212.adsl.alicedsl.de ([92.229.85.212]" "helo=[192.168.1.248])" "by samir.ibcsolutions.de with esmtpsa" "(TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256)" "(Exim 4.69) (envelope-from <aep@exys.org>) id" "1NPFop-000248-SQ" "for arch-general@archlinux.org; Mon, 28" "Dec 2009 14:39:31 +0100" "Message-ID: <4B384496.1090609@exys.org>" "Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:39:34 +0100" "From: Arvid Picciani <aep@exys.org>"