Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo minimal CD not runable on 64MB RAM machine

2011-02-18 Thread Daniel da Veiga
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 09:27, Alex Schuster wrote: > Um, why do you want to use gentoo on such a system anyway? If it will be a > text-only system, being used as router or something, okay, this would > probably work, but other distros could do this as well. > I have run and mantained a Pentium

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo minimal CD not runable on 64MB RAM machine

2011-02-18 Thread Alex Schuster
Dale writes: > Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan wrote: > > Yes I noticed that. Most websites that I search for did not recommend > > running Linux live-cd on 64MB RAM. > > > > Looks like to have to search for distro that is tailored for embedded > > system. > > > > Thanks. > > You may want to check on

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo minimal CD not runable on 64MB RAM machine

2011-02-18 Thread Dale
Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan wrote: Hi Dirk, Yes I noticed that. Most websites that I search for did not recommend running Linux live-cd on 64MB RAM. Looks like to have to search for distro that is tailored for embedded system. Thanks. You may want to check on Damn Small Linux. One of the

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo minimal CD not runable on 64MB RAM machine

2011-02-18 Thread Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan
Hi Dirk, Yes I noticed that. Most websites that I search for did not recommend running Linux live-cd on 64MB RAM. Looks like to have to search for distro that is tailored for embedded system. Thanks. On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 4:49 PM, Dirk Uys wrote: > Hi > > I think that any of the live CDs

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo minimal CD not runable on 64MB RAM machine

2011-02-18 Thread Dirk Uys
Hi I think that any of the live CDs are going to give you problems with 64MB RAM. I think the minimal ISO is a live CD that allows you to install Gentoo from there. You can try installing another distro on the harddrive and then installing gentoo using that distro. Compiling Gentoo on such an old

[gentoo-user] Gentoo minimal CD not runable on 64MB RAM machine

2011-02-18 Thread Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan
Hi, I have an old Pentium machine with 64MB RAM that I planned to install Gentoo. I download Gentoo x86 minimal ISO and burn it to disk. The disk was able to boot, but not able to give the command prompt, with error "cp: write error: No space left on device" during copying to tempfs This symptom