Re: distro for 486 with 32 MB ram
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On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 02:00:22PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> I have a 486 with 32 MB ram, ISA bus NIC, currently running Sarge. Now
> that Etch RC2 is out I'm starting to plan for the future of this box.
> The Etch install manual says that it needs 64 MB ram. I know that Sarge
> will continue to be supported for a while but I may as well start
> planning.
>
> I know: someone will give me the proverbial quarter and tell me to get a
> real computer :)
>
Here is what you have:
you have 2 boxes: a fast machine and a slow machine
you dont want to hose the slow box
Here is my suggestion:
make a mirror of the slow box hd
use this mirror hd for the upgrade to etch
use the 'download' option so that you can do an upgrade at one time
this way you have the backup incase the mirror fails
I expect your slow machine hd to not be very large (between 1 GB and 10
GB), so you may have one like this around or could get one from some
random place (lug, friend, relative, etc.)
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