Re: Installing Debian Linux on a low-level mem 386.
Them ny first experience with bo didn't exist? I had a 386 w/ 2M of
memory and a MFM hd and installed bo with no real problem. The result
won't be pretty, but it should work as well as anything else available
today. You might wish to get an old bo distribution, tho.
On Wed, 17 Mar 1999, Robert V. MacQuarrie wrote:
>
> FROM: HTTP://WWW.Debian.Org/
> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-hardware-req.en.html
>
> 2.3 Memory and Disk Space Requirements
> You must have at least 4MB of memory and 35MB of hard disk. If you want to
> install a reasonable amount of software, including the X Window System,
> and some development programs and libraries, you'll need at least 300MB.
> For a more or less complete installation, you'll need around 800MB. To
> install everything available in Debian, you'll probably need around 2 GB.
> Actually, installing everything doesn't even make sense, since some
> packages conflict with others.
>
>
>
> On Wed, 17 Mar 1999, Francois-Nicola Demers wrote:
> >Hi,
> >Is it possible to install Debian on a 2mg memory 386? I know that
> >Debian offer a low-level memory installation for PC under 5mg. Is
> >this offer is also for 2mg memory 386?
> >Thanks
> >Francois-N. Demers
> >demers@iro.umontreal.ca
>
>
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