Re: Debian on an old PC
On Thursday 06 January 2005 01:31 pm, Vegard Lundby Rekaa wrote:
> > On your machine the primary holdup to a system such as this would be
> > memory--the likes of which cost about a $1/stick at our local
> > "re-compute" store.
>
> I got hold of 128MB RAM from a friend. Now there is a total of
> 128+16=144MB RAM. Don't you think that is enough for OO.org and WM when
> he's prepared for a slow machine?
I would be surprised if that old machine could recognize more than 64MB. Have
you tried the memory in the machine?
Tell you what... Download a bootable Linux CD with a LightGUI and run that on
the machine. That way you can try it before you commit.
--
peace,
Alvin Smith
http://www.alvinsmith.com
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