Re: Linux on an old machine
On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 08:30:33 +1300, Steven Jones <steven.jones@vuw.ac.nz> wrote:
> Debian used to do a minimum spec install at 6meg of ram, this used to need "special floppies" I do not know if it is still available as it was 4 or 5 years ago.
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> With this spec machine you are planning to run in command line mode only? if you expect a gui, forget this hardware IMHO. If it is for a firewall (assuming you can fit 2 NICS) then cli will be OK and the CPU would be big enough for a soho setup.
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According to this page
(http://www.anarchysoftware.com/system/libretto/redhat6.html), if
isn't a joke, people can run X on it...
Andrea
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