On Mon, 2001-12-24 at 15:46, Michael Viron wrote: > As far as I know, it will not install with anything less than 32 MB ram. I > could be wrong, however. > > Michael > > -- > Michael Viron > Registered Linux User #81978 > Senior Systems & Administration Consultant > Web Spinners, University of West Florida > > At 10:42 AM 12/25/2001 +1100, you wrote: > > > >Hi, > > > >My friend has a pentium 100Mh box with only 16Mb ram. > >I need an advice on how to install mandrake 8.1 on > >this machine, is it possible? Probably I need to > >install in text mode? > > > >By the way I would like to ask if any one has the same > >problem, that is if I install Mandrake using the > >recommended method, it ends up with unuseable system, > >when start up It prints a lot message saying that > >permission denied (when an init scripts trying to run > >a command) But if I chooose the expert mode it is > >fine. > > > >is it a known bug? > > > >And the menu systm in some window manager for low mem > >computer is not functioning like I use menudrake to > >add a new menu item but it did not come up. Or > >installing-removing a package but the menu is not > >refreshed even after restarting wm. > >The wm I test are blackbox, fvwm2 > > > >but icewm is ok. > > > >one more thing is, with the above comp, (100Mh, 16Mb > >ram) does cups run well? I mean the whole printing > >system as my friend is going to use it with epson > >stylus c60 printer > > > >thanks in advance > > > > > > > >===== > >S.KIEU > > > >http://my.yahoo.com.au - My Yahoo! > >- It's My Yahoo! Get your own! > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > ------------=_1009241224-11608-1480 > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
1. boot off the _Second_ install CD and choose an alternate install image, most likely 2.2.19. 2. F1 at the boot prompt and text expert 3. In individual package selection, choose to install kernel 2.2 4. It is OK to install cups as either client or server. 5. At bootloader time, delete the boots for the 2.4 kernels They are big and have hunger for mem and swap--make the boot to the 2.2 kernel the default. 6. If you want X, probably you will need more memory. If you add the memory, then login as root and run XFdrake --expert to get a dvideo installation. Civileme QA Team
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