Re: Small debian install

[Pann McCuaig <pann@ourmanpann.com>]

On Sat, Feb 10, 2001 at 23:52, Neil Walsh wrote:

> Hey all,
> I have this P75 with 500MB HD and 16Mb RAM just sitting there
> doing nothing (unwanted present from friend) so I'm going to install
> Debian on it.
> 
> I was wondering has anyone managed to install debian on such a spec
> machine with an X server. Is it even feasible?

My laptop is a 486-50 with 12MB and 384MB HD. It's running hamm with X.
Haven't bothered upgrading. But I'll bet your machine will do fine
(although performance under X won't be that great). Choose your window
manager and X apps with care.

Luck,
Pann
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