Linux on older machines

[dberry at banta-im.com (dberry)]

I believe there is some issue with paging on 8 Meg systems.  I had the
same problem and installing more ram allowed me to finish the linux
installation.  I think it has to do with the system using ram as a swap
file during installation. It does not affect it after because a real
swap file is created and used.

Dave Berry
Systems Administrator
Banta Integrated Media
Cambridge, MA 02142  


Jonathan Finger wrote:
> 
>     I just tried to intall Redhat 5.2 on a 66MHz 486 with 8 Meg of
>     Ram. The installation software thrashed very badly. It litterally
>     took minutes for keystrokes to be processed. I eventually
>     managed to get the swap partition enabled and then the keystroke
>     response was OK.
> 
>     However, 8 hours later when only 10% of the software was installed,
>     I terminated the install.
> 
>     I added 8 Meg of (borrowed) memory and the install worked fine.
>     (about 1 hour)
> 
>     I then removed the extra 8 Meg of memory and the system works fine.
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