Linux on 486 boxen (RAM and HD limitations)

[bhorne at banet.net (Bill Horne)]

Jerry,

I've used a 486 DX/2 with 16MB for months:  it's fine, even with 
SAMBA, IPCHAINS, and printer functions on it. I only swapped it 
out for my current 32MB Cyrix board because my cousing gave me 
the Cyrix board.

Bill

-----Original Message-----
From:	Jerry Feldman [SMTP:gaf at blu.org]
Sent:	Monday, March 06, 2000 3:35 PM
To:	discuss at Blu.Org
Subject:	Linux on 486 boxen (RAM and HD limitations)

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
http://www.blu.org
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