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Re: [Plug] Low Memory Linux Distributions
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I've had no problems getting Slackware to install on a 486 with 8M ram,
according to Installation-HOWTO "Technically, Linux will run with only 2
meg, but most installations and software require 4. The more memory you
have, the happier you'll be. I suggest 8 or 16 megabytes if you're
planning to use X-Windows."
The howto is kinda old tho (Nov. 1998), so maybe Debian 2.0's installation
requires more..
--Barry
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"...Deep Hack Mode--that mysterious and frightening state of
consciousness where Mortal Users fear to tread."
(By Matt Welsh)
On Sat, 28 Aug 1999, Morgan Wajda-Levie wrote:
> I just got a 486 from my uncle, which is great. The bad part is that
> it only has 4 meg of RAM. I've been trying to install Debian on it,
> using the lowmem boot disk, but I've only gotten it to boot once.
> This allowed me to create a swap space and a temporary root
> partition. I have not yet been able to complete the installation.
>
> I'm using Debian 2.0, with a 2.1 boot disk. Are there any
> distributions that work better on a low memory system?
>
> Is it worth the trouble? In a few weeks I'll be buying a P3
> motherboard and 64M of ram. This means that a lot of hardware is
> going to be moving down the chain.
>
>
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