Re:

[Frank Gevaerts <frank@gevaerts.be>]

On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 06:50:46PM +0000, David Goodenough wrote:
> On Saturday 30 November 2002 16:56, Gregg & Monica wrote:
> > I need to know if my computer can support debian....and I need to knwo if
> > it will support the gui...here are my computers info...
> >
> >
> > cyrix MII 266Mhz, 4gig hard drive, windows ME loaded and updated, sound
> > card w/powered speakers, 2usb ports,scroll mouse, keyboard,56k modem, 24Xcd
> > rom <needs drivers>, 32mb memory, video card has s-video, 2 open sdram
> > slots
> >
> >
> > thanks.....
> >
> >
> >
> > kyle
> 
> Download a copy of Knoppix which boots from a CD and does not touch the
> disk, and if it loads and runs you can then tell which devices it does and
> does not support.  As it is a Debian system under the covers that will tell
> you how much will work.  You can then install the same system onto the
> disk from the Knoppix system and away you go.
> 

Be careful. While knoppix will most probably _work_, but it seems to
require 96 MB of RAM for graphical mode. If you use knoppix to test for
hardware compatibility, you will probably not have swap space available,
so I wouldn't expect too much.

Frank.

> David
> 
> 
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