Yes, Puppy Linux works. But no Gnome. So I switched to Ubuntu and all is well. Given up on gOS for now.
Take care. On Feb 17, 1:49 am, mahjongg <[email protected]> wrote: > 128 MB RAM is definitely NOT enough, (for gOS 2.x and 3.x) and I don't > know who came up with the idea (wishful thinking) that 64MB is enough, > but it is bogus! > Even 256MB can sometimes be not enough the moment you try to install > gOS (in systems that use up part of the 256MB for the Video > framebuffer). > > The very first versions of gOS I have seen booting from CD on a > machine with just 128MB of RAM, but it couldn't install with that > amount, just run from CD, or after installing it by temporarily > upgrading the RAM to 192MB with a 64MB stick from another computer. > It did ran installed with just 128MB.But that was gOS 1.0, based on > the enlightenment desktop, not GNOME. > > That gOS works with just 256MB is in itself quite an accomplishment, > as the very Ubuntu it is based on officially requires 128MB more > (384MB) to work. > > There are very few Linux distro's that will work with just 64MB of > RAM, older versions of Knoppix might, or puppy linux. > > On 17 feb, 10:42, wewa <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > Thanks for your reply. > > > Yes, I confirmed that the CD burns were valid. > > > I did have a bad CD burn at 32x but did it at 16x and also used it to > > boot 2 other machines so I'm quite sure that the CD is good. > > > RAM could be an issue, as this machine has only 128MB, but the minimum > > requirements for gOS shows that 64MB works. > > > Is that misleading and is a 'microsoft' type of system requirement, I > > wonder?! > > Has anyone gotten a machine with 64MB RAM to boot gOS? > > > On Feb 12, 5:01 am, mahjongg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > IMHO almost always the problem lies in a bad CD, and there are many > > > questions like that that do report the issue was solved by making sure > > > you have enough RAM and that your CD is burned at low speed with an > > > undamaged .ISO file, using "burn as image" software. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gOS Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
