Quoting Linus Sphinx (sphinxtar(a)gmail.com):
After an all night session of drunken research
I've come to the conclusion
there are no 32 bit linux distros left that will fit on a CD-R and actually
install a desktop, hell DVD-R either. Was going to give my faithful old
Dell i486 laptop to a neighbor kid to play with but I think it's dead Jim.
Suggestions?
Yes.
Note the year, and recycle them.
I could list all the reasons why trying to keep such ridiculously old
and fragile computers going is a bad idea, but most should be obvious.