Re: distro for 486 with 32 MB ram
On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 03:17:10PM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote:
> 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.)
Two disks: 840 MB and 1.2 MB. On a shelf, I have a 171 MB with Woody on
it as a rescue (the 486 version of a Live CD :) )
The box has no user data on it (its all on the big box). Where do I put
the mirror and how do I restore it if the upgrade to Etch fails?
Thanks,
Doug.
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