OK an update. I have a Pentium III 501 mgz 160 mb RAM
I previously said Pentium I Sorry! Don
TinyMe will run fine on that. It's a stripped down version of PCLinuxOS. Puppy will work, Damn Small Linux will work, and there's a couple of others out there whose names escape me.
Most Linux distros need at least 256 RAM to load and run, later machines need later kernels and more memory. Older machines like yours need older kernels.
I've got a 233 laptop with 64 megs of ram that will not run any Linux distribution I have, but will run Windows 98 like a champ.
I think you should look at Puppy Linux....looking at the info on ?DistroWatch,,...says it is aimed at 386 class machines....that would include yours ...right?
Do you have a USB?
Guessing NO!...
Scanning the thread again ...I missed the machine specifics...with 160 MByte...you have more options than the two I gave you...give us a report back when you find what you like.