detailmstr
05-07-2002, 01:09 AM
Is there a Linux for my older PC? It has Cyrix 66Mhz, 200MB Hard Drive, 8 MB RAM, ISA slots, 3.5" floppy and 4x CD-ROM. I don't have a CD burner. :confused:
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z0mbix
05-07-2002, 03:48 AM
slackware/debian (http://www.distrowatch.com/)
FoBoT
05-07-2002, 10:47 AM
i have a couple of old 72 pin simms, 8mb each, you could try those, to bump up to 16mb or 24mb depending on how many slots you have
email me if you are interested
oh, the reason i mention this, if you get to at least 16mb of ram (although more is always better) then you can load just about any distribution you want
[ 07 May 2002: Message edited by: FoBoT ]
email me if you are interested
oh, the reason i mention this, if you get to at least 16mb of ram (although more is always better) then you can load just about any distribution you want
[ 07 May 2002: Message edited by: FoBoT ]
yellowwax
05-07-2002, 11:14 AM
What release of slakware/Debian will run under 8MB RAM? :rolleyes:
Alex Cavnar, aka alc6379
05-08-2002, 11:57 PM
Originally posted by yellowwax:
<STRONG>What release of slakware/Debian will run under 8MB RAM? :rolleyes:</STRONG>
why the rolleyes? I had a 486/33 laptop, 8MB RAM, 240MB hdd that ran Slack 8 just fine... I'm positive the same thing can be done with Debian! :rolleyes:
<STRONG>What release of slakware/Debian will run under 8MB RAM? :rolleyes:</STRONG>
why the rolleyes? I had a 486/33 laptop, 8MB RAM, 240MB hdd that ran Slack 8 just fine... I'm positive the same thing can be done with Debian! :rolleyes:
ds801
05-09-2002, 11:46 AM
I've got a 486 laptop with 8MB ram, running Red Hat 6.2 (text-only), 25MB swap partition, 355MB for the installation. The only problem I had was trying to keep the install size down.
ph34r
05-09-2002, 11:49 AM
I've had Slack 7.1 and now 8.0 on a old wimpy laptop as well - 486sx33 with 4mb ram. Upped it to 12mb ram, but that was after Linux was installed.
Read the 4mb Laptop HOWTO - it will give you some good hints on getting Linux installed. One of the main problems is running out of ram when you use the boot/root disks, network, etc. but that can be overcome.
Read the 4mb Laptop HOWTO - it will give you some good hints on getting Linux installed. One of the main problems is running out of ram when you use the boot/root disks, network, etc. but that can be overcome.
Icarus
05-09-2002, 12:05 PM
I heard it was difficult to load Slack on a machine with 16MB or less of memory (lockup problems). Did you guys have to do the work around for that or did you do a straight install?
z0mbix
05-09-2002, 12:52 PM
Originally posted by mahdi:
<STRONG>I heard it was difficult to load Slack on a machine with 16MB or less of memory (lockup problems). Did you guys have to do the work around for that or did you do a straight install?</STRONG>
You just enable your swap partition before you start the installation. worked for me :)
<STRONG>I heard it was difficult to load Slack on a machine with 16MB or less of memory (lockup problems). Did you guys have to do the work around for that or did you do a straight install?</STRONG>
You just enable your swap partition before you start the installation. worked for me :)
ds801
05-09-2002, 01:15 PM
What I did for my laptop was to pull the hard drive, and install it in a newer desktop, then install Red Hat. Then, I just put the drive back into the laptop and let kudzu detect the hardware changes.
Icarus
05-09-2002, 01:20 PM
Sounds like work-arounds to me :p
mdwatts
05-09-2002, 05:39 PM
Originally posted by mahdi:
<STRONG>Sounds like work-arounds to me :p</STRONG>
You can always install WinXP instead. ;)
No wait... XP wouldn't install no matter what you did. :eek:
<STRONG>Sounds like work-arounds to me :p</STRONG>
You can always install WinXP instead. ;)
No wait... XP wouldn't install no matter what you did. :eek:
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