Re: [Installing Bo Debian on a 386 2 meg RAM?]
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> I am sorry to send this message again if you have already received it.
It already appeared on the list.
> Hi,
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> I have tried to install the Debian Bo distribution on my 386 with only
> 2 megs of RAM without success. Some people told me that they have been able to
> install it even if the machine does not have the 4 meg of RAM required.
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> I have not been able to boot because the installation stopped saying
> that 4 meg of RAM is necessary.
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> Please explain me what boot parameters must be given to overcome the 4
> meg requirement. Is it possible to put swap on before booting?
It is not possible to switch on swap before booting. I think people
did not respond to your question because running linux in 2 MB seems
very hard to do (if at all possible) and the result will not be very
useful. If you really want to try it you should compile a _very_
minimal kernel for your system, and put that on the debian rescue
diskette (which starts the installation). Maybe you should look around
on the web if there are distributions specially geared towards such low
memory systems. If you actually want to do anything with the system, I
would advise you to try and find some extra memory. If you have 6 or 8
MB, you should be able to run a number of applications without
X-windows nicely. With 8 MB it is possible to run X-windows (I did it,
some years ago), but don't try to start anything like netscape.
Good luck
Eric
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E.L. Meijer (tgakem@chem.tue.nl)
Eindhoven Univ. of Technology
Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (SKA)
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