Re: Debian on 386SX/3MB
On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Indraneel Majumdar wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Can anyone please tell me whether it is possible to install Debian on a
> 386SX with 3MB RAM. I tried to install using the potato floppies but it
> starts to load the compressed ramdisk from the root floppy and then
> simply hangs. No furthur output. The floppies are OK and work fine on
> other systems with more RAM.
I believe the stated minimum for installation is 8MB.
It's probably not going to be possible to perform an
installation with only 3MB.
Take care,
Zonker
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