Debian Sarge in low mem mode?
Aidan Gauland wrote:
Greetings,
I have a very very very old PC--I'm serious, this thing only has about
64 MB of RAM, and a 100 MHz Pentium CPU, and a BIOS that can only boot
from a hard drive or a floppy drive--which I have tried to get Damn
Small Linux running on, but it fails to boot the live CD, and I think
this is because it fails silently when setting up the RAM disk which
makes trouble later when it tries to read/write files in the RAM disk.
In short: I think it is built to run with more memory than this computer
has. Of course I already have a working Linux box with more power than
this antiquated pile of silicon, but I thought I might have some fun,
and maybe even show it off at the next software freedom day.
So, should I try an older version of DSL? Or am I using the wrong
distro for the job?
Thanks,
Aidan
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