Re: howto/faq: installing & configuring debian on old hardware
On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 06:31:29AM -0700, matt wilkie wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Can anyone direct me to a faq or howto on installing and configuring
> debian for end users on quite old hardware? Old means 486 and early
> pentiums (<200mhz).
>
I am using a Pentium w/ AMD K5, 128 MB RAM and a Tseng ET4000 (1 MB)
graphic card, plus an AMD 486-100, 64 MB RAM, w/ a lately bought SiS
graphic card that I didn't configure yet for X, because it needs
non-standard drivers.
Installing from Debian CDs: select the 'vanilla' kernel containing
options for older hardware.
For X-Window, I selected 'icewm' as a fast and effective window manager,
extended X to 12 screens (switchable w/ 'Ctrl-Alt 1' .. 'Ctrl-Alt c').
This configuration is done through an enty in /etc/X11/icewm/preferences:
WorkspaceNames=" 1 "," 2 "," 3 "," 4 "," 5 "," 6 "," 7 "," 8 "," 9 "," a
"," b "," c "
My text mode is extended to 23 screens
(switchable w/ 'Alt-F1' .. 'Alt-F12', 'AltGr-F1' .. 'AltGr-F12').
This configuration is done in /etc/inittab:
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
...
6:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6
# (No. 7 reserved for X)
8:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty8
...
24:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty24
As my Tseng ET4000 is compatible with SVGA mode, I enjoy crisp text mode
screens w/ 100x37 characters, due to 'svgatextmode' (depending on
/etc/Textconfig).
Texts to read:
Installation Manual (on CD or download from "www.debian.org")
HOWTOs:
/mini/Small-Memory.gz
Config-HOWTO.gz
Hardware-HOWTO.gz
Installation-HOWTO.gz
Module-HOWTO.gz
XFree86-Video-Timings-HOWTO.gz
"google" internet
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