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Linux on 486 boxen (RAM and HD limitations)



I had no problem putting debian onto a 486 w/only a 400 MB hard disk -- but 
without X and KDE. I managed an install on 16 MB of RAM, but then 
immediately added 32 MB more.

         John

At 03:34 PM 3/6/2000 -0500, Jerry Feldman wrote:
>One of our installfest potential attendees has a 486 with 16MB RAM and
>500MB HD. I'm comfortable with the 500MB as long as we don't install
>Gnome or KDE. I have not checked the Red HAT docs, but is 16MB
>feasible with the Red Hat installer, using the mem= parameter. I would
>still advise her to have 32MB or more
>Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
>Associate Director
>Boston Linux and Unix user group
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