Hi Dirk, Yes I noticed that. Most websites that I search for did not recommend running Linux live-cd on 64MB RAM.
Looks like to have to search for distro that is tailored for embedded system. Thanks. On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 4:49 PM, Dirk Uys <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > I think that any of the live CDs are going to give you problems with 64MB > RAM. I think the minimal ISO is a live CD that allows you to install Gentoo > from there. You can try installing another distro on the harddrive and then > installing gentoo using that distro. > > Compiling Gentoo on such an old machine is very brave, I hope you intend to > use distcc. > > Regards > Dirk > > > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have an old Pentium machine with 64MB RAM that I planned to install >> Gentoo. >> >> I download Gentoo x86 minimal ISO and burn it to disk. The disk was able >> to boot, but not able to give the command prompt, with error "cp: write >> error: No space left on device" during copying to tempfs >> >> This symptom is reproducible in Virtualbox with 64MB RAM. >> >> Any idea how to overcome this issue? >> >> Gentoo documentation mention that Gentoo should be installable on 64MB RAM >> machine. >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> -- >> Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan >> > > -- Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan
