Re: Install of potato on 4Mb
Goswin Brederlow a écrit :
>
> "Froggy / Froggy Corp." <froggy@citeweb.net> writes:
>
> > "llo,
> >
> > Like i say in the .txt, i install the potato on a 4Mb RAM laptop ...
> > and a guy in #debian say thats could be great to make a txt. And i send
> > in attach this text, i think it could be help to not spend too much time
> > at this installation ...
>
> Doesn't 2.2.17 need 5 MB ram to boot at all? Did you change the
> kernel?
i use the small linux kernel to boot which work on the 4 Mb of ram (the
author say that only 2mb is needed). After the installation you allways
run on a 4Mb kernel (i copy it from the floppy to my hd) , i dont try to
put a 2.2.x (not enough time). Maybe i will try it in some weeks.
because at the part
"- Go directly to install base, don't try to install kernel because your
kernel is a 2.0.0 and will not work with the modules of 2.2.17"
if i choose to compil a basic kernel with the configuration i choose
theres a bug ...
> Apart from that, normaly you would do this with "root=/dev/fd0" with the
> lowmem disks or after a "zcat root.bin >/dev/hdaX" or use the "swap="
> boot parameter to boot directly with swap activated.
>
> May the Source be with you.
> Goswin
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