On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Lars Petterson wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> > "Karl F. Larsen" wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Brian,
> > >
> > > Your in for a lot of trouble. I do not think Red Hat 5.2 is going
> > > to load well on such a modest computer.
>
> 4 MB is too little, I think the doc says at least 6 MB. I couldn't even
> start from the boot-floppy (to do an ftp-installation) using RH4.2 and
> 4 MB, I had to buy 4 MB extra. So you will need 8 MB of RAM to even
> install RH.
Debian has a special rescue (installation) disk for low-memory systems,
which SHOULD install in 4 MB. Be sure to have plenty of swap available,
you'll need it.
Whatever distribution is used, one needs to be very cautious in choosing
which packages to install if you are using a hard drive > 100 MB or so.
>
> > I think that if you don't intend to run X-windows, a 386 is just fine
> > for simple packet use.
> > (X won't fit on the small HD anyway...)
>
> I have been using an 386 25 MHz with 8 MB of RAM without problem.
> Ok, when you want to read your mail and start elm things may take
> some time, but it works. I am running node, xfbb, and the usual
> servers. I use a DRSI card.
Compilation of a kernel (usually needed to get the ax.25 drivers) on such
a machine is probably an all-day job. This can be done on a second,
larger computer.
73,
Bob - w6swe
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