On Wed, Apr 08, 1998 at 07:03:29AM -0500, Chris Frost wrote:
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> At my school I am trying to get them to start a c++ class. The only thing
> standing in our way is that they think the class would need pentiums, w/
> at least 32mb of ram (to run ms c++ or whatever). All they have right now
> in this classroom are a bunch of assorted 386's, w/ mostly 4mb's of ram, a
> 40 to couple hundred meg hd, etc. Can I install linux on these? I wouldn't
> need anything like x, just something like vi (emacs would take too much
> ram), and the c++ stuff (guess I'd have to compile kernels on my home
> machine, I doubt they have enough hard drive to do it).
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Some (many/all?) modern Linux distributions really want more than 4MB
of RAM to do an install. But there may be some that will install on less.
Back when I first started I installed Slackware 2.1 (1.1.59 kernel) on
a 386 with 4MB RAM and it had no trouble at all.
However, even if it instals, it's probably going to be slow as the dickens,
cause the system really wants more than 4mb, so it'll be doing a lot
of paging (at least mine did, and kernels are bigger now than then).
Also, I think 40mb disk may be a bit tight. I know a small Linux can
be fit into less space, but by the time you include enough of the stuff
to allow development (compiler binaries, libraries, includes, kernel
includes, man pages, whatever) I suspect 40 will be REAL tight.
Fred
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