Debian on 256MB PIII TabletPC

["Steven Grunza" <sgrunza@ctdi.com>]

Hello.  I would like to install Debian on a laptop with 256 MB of RAM.
Is this possible?  I was previously running Ubuntu but there are
problems in the Ubuntu X11 server code that cause the touchscreen to be
unusable.

I realize this system is _NOT_ going to be a performance machine.  I
plan on using it for text editing (in laptop mode using keyboard) and
taking handwritten notes (in slate mode) -- it's a TabletPC that used to
run Windows XP.  WinXP SP3 is now so large and slow it takes up to 5
minutes to load from a power-on (the system was developed and deployed
before there even was a service pack for WinXP).

I really like the EMR (electro-magnetic-resistive) pen on this device
and would like to make it usable again.

I know Fedora (at least version 17 and 18) has checks in place to
prevent installation on low memory systems.  Does Debian have a similar
restriction?

I was previously running Fedora 16 on much more capable hardware (Tecra
M4) but a catastropic system board failure has me trying to resurrect
this old TabletPC (Acer TravelMate C100).