Re: 16MB not enough to install
Quoting Tom Allison <tallison@tacocat.net>:
> Hugh Saunders wrote:
> >On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 09:07:13PM -0500, Tom Allison wrote:
> >
> >>I'm running out of memory and am unable to complete the installation.
> >>
> >>I thought this could still be done on 16MB of RAM.
> >
> >yeah should be possible but slow... cheat; put the disk in another
> >machine for installation then put it back.
> >
> >hugh
> >
> >
>
> Can't.
> Notebook.
>
You need an adaptor for the HD. I have woody running on a laptop with
20MB memory. Swaps a lot but works. You may need to increase the
swap file/partition size. 2 to 2.5 times physical memory is/was the
rule of thumb.
Jeffrey
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