Just a small note for future reference: https://listman.redhat.com/pipermail/seawolf-list/2001-July/008196.html
Quoting Trevor Lauder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Redhat 6.0 and 7.x wouldn't use my swap, it just came right out and said > there wasn't enough actual RAM to perform the installation and then gave > me the option to reboot. Maybe they fixed that problem in RH8 or maybe it > just didn't like that particular compaq 486 laptop. Strange.... > > Cheers, > Trevor > > Tyler Brekko said: > > Hi Cameron, > > > > Just for a point of reference I've installed RH8 on a p166 with 48mb ram > > and a P200mmx with 32mb ram. The only warning I got was that the /swap > > partition had to be written immediately because of so little ram. > > Performance is fine for a development box (php anyway) but I don't know > > where it tops out user wise. > > > > tyler > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Cameron Nikitiuk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 11:49 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Installation - Red Het 8.0 > > > > > > Ooops...see what little sleep gets you? You are right, I was going to > > put RH on the 200 Mhx box. Duh...I am going with slack 8.1 for the mini > > box. Thanks for correcting my brain fart! > > > > Thanks for the insight though > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Trevor Lauder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 11:42 PM > > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Installation - Red Het 8.0 > > > > > >> Cameron Nikitiuk said: > >> > Hi All, > >> > > >> > Really simple question for anyone. I won a Red Hat 8.0 book at the > >> InstallFest and was thinking I could breath some life into an old > >> combo monitor/HDD box I have. Probably just going to have it for > >> goofing around, experiemntation and possibly as a low scale admin > >> box. > >> > > >> > Any idea on what the minimum requirements would be for RH 8? I have > >> > >> http://www.redhat.com/software/linux/technical/ > >> > >> > heard RH tends to run better on 386/486 class systems with as little > >> as 8 MB of RAM? I know about alternative window managers and low > >> resource software and am looking at a few peices. I just want to > >> realistically know what I can do with it. Maybe I am on crack or > >> something, but I checked the website and the book and couldn't find > >> listing her requirements. > >> > > >> > >> I tried to put redhat 6.0 and 7.x on a 486 laptop once, the problem is > >> the laptop only had 48 Megs of RAM which is not enough RAM for either > >> installation type (text/graphical). Redhats installer is quite a > >> memory hog, as would be SuSEs and Mandrakes. You can try and install > >> it on a computer with 8 Megs of RAM but I don't think the installer > >> will even run and according to the specs on their site, redhat 8.0 > >> needs a pentium or higher. For a computer of those specs I would > >> recommend Slackware or Debian. > >> > >> > Any insights as to installation and such would be appreciated as > >> well. > >> > > >> > Cameron > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> Trevor > > >
