Re: Help please

[Paul Nathan Puri <publisher@ompages.com>]

what size is your hard drive?

NatePuri
Certified Law Student
& Debian GNU/Linux Monk
McGeorge School of Law
publisher@ompages.com
http://ompages.com

On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, pachin wrote:

> I have a 486SX whit 4MB i dont now what can do for intall debian. My problem
> is whit this partitions.
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> Thaks for your atention.
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> pachin
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> 7.2 Low-Memory Systems
> If you system has less than 6MB RAM, a paragraph about low memory and a text
> menu with four choices can be displayed. This means that the system detected
> that you don't have enough memory for a normal installation, hence must
> follow a special low-memory installation procedure. Go through the menu
> selections in order:
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> Use fdisk to create a Linux Swap partition (type 82). The swap partition is
> needed to provide virtual memory during the installation process, since that
> process will use more memory than you have in your system. Select the size
> for the amount of virtual memory you intend to use once your system is
> installed. 16 megabytes is probably the lowest amount that's practical, use
> 32 megabytes if you can spare the space, and 64 if your disk is large enough
> that you won't miss that much.
> In addition create a MINIX partition (type 81). This will hold the root
> filesystem in the early installation process. Its size should be at least 2
> megabytes. This partition can be deleted when the installation is finished.
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> Activate the swap partition.
> Copy the root filesystem to disk. You will need a DOS-formatted floppy disk
> with the root.bin file in it (for example, the rescue floppy disk).
> Exit. The normal installation system will be started.
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