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Re: Linux on less than 8MByes of Memory



On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 11:14:54AM +1000, Ian Perry wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have an old 486Sx dog which I want to use as a printserver.
> Potato recomments at least 12MBytes of memory to do an install from CD.
> Is it possible to install Potato on 8MBytes ?
> Do I need to create special boot floppies or is it not possible ?

This came across linuxtoday.com -
http://7thguard.net/files/DebianHOWTO.txt
a 4MB install.

People ask this question frequently.  If you search the archives I'm
sure you'll find lots of info.

http://www.geocrawler.com/lists/3/Debian-Linux/199/0/
or the MLA at debian.org
hth,
kent

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