*Here`s the ""How to Install Linux Mint on 256MB RAM without an alternative install CD (text based)""*
However all the machines in the lab had only 256MB RAM each. The live CD booted fine but we could not get the installer up and going given the 256MB RAM. We had no other option and give this a shot by tweaking around the set of running programs. We finally got around to getting the installer up and going by doing the following 1) Taking out everything on the GNOME Panel including the Mint Menu. You can do this easily by right clicking on all icons and separators on the panel and clicking on 'Remove from Panel' 2) Open up a terminal and run the following sudo bash cd /etc/init.d/ ./pulseaudio stop ./bluetooth stop ./cron stop ./cups stop ./networking stop ./NetworkManager stop ./samba stop top Once top opens up sort by memory usage and kill any of the following processes that are still alive trackerd cupsd smbd nm-applet bluetooth gvfsd-trash gnome-screen-saver gnome-power-manager You can do this by pressing 'k' and then the process id of the process you wish to kill once inside top. You can send signal 9(to force) or 15 to kill the process. Another thing you can do to speed up the process is to partition the disks using fdisk from the terminal, create a swap partition and then turn on the swap partition using swapon. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
