Re: Net Install Requirements..
On Tuesday 18 June 2002 01:17 am, John wrote:
> Oleg wrote:
> >On Tuesday 18 June 2002 12:09 am, Daniel Freedman wrote:
> >>On Mon, Jun 17, 2002, Matthew Tedder wrote:
> >>>I'd like to install Debian on an old 8MB i386 with ~500MB of disk space.
> >>>Is this possible?
> >
> >Why? AFAIK there are organizations giving out i486s and Pentiums for free.
> > If that is true, and also because, e.g. Wal-Mart sells reasonably modern
> > new Lindows computers for $300 [1], i386s are simply not worth your time.
Yes.. I run my own small software company and have better computers by far
plus a lab full of LTSP-based thin-clients. But all those machines are being
used to capacity and I want to experiment with Debian.
I do have an old PowerPC Macintosh with 64MB of RAM and about two small SCSI
drives. Maybe I should use it.
The i386 wouldn't seem to boot off the floppy using the root.bin image.
Matthew
>
> Assuming:
>
> (1) He's close to Wal-Mart. Closest one to here is about 8000km away I
> believe.
> (2) He has $300(USD) to spare on what might just be 'a cool idea'
> (3) The time cost to get to walmart + $300(USD) < the time cost to get
> 386 out of box in cupboard
> (4) He qualifies as a person/organisation that would get a free
> 486/Pentium.
>
> If 2 or more of the above are not true, then a 386 could well be worth
> his time. And a great way to learn about Debian, and about running
> without an uber bloated 2GHz 2GbRAM monster.
>
> To the original poster, yes it is possible if you can live without bells
> and whistles. Depending on what you want to do with it it might even run
> very very well.
>
> John P Foster (who is still not the guy who makes Foster's Lager).
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