what size is your hard drive? NatePuri Certified Law Student & Debian GNU/Linux Monk McGeorge School of Law [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ompages.com
On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, pachin wrote: > I have a 486SX whit 4MB i dont now what can do for intall debian. My problem > is whit this partitions. > > Thaks for your atention. > > pachin > > > > > > > > 7.2 Low-Memory Systems > If you system has less than 6MB RAM, a paragraph about low memory and a text > menu with four choices can be displayed. This means that the system detected > that you don't have enough memory for a normal installation, hence must > follow a special low-memory installation procedure. Go through the menu > selections in order: > > > Use fdisk to create a Linux Swap partition (type 82). The swap partition is > needed to provide virtual memory during the installation process, since that > process will use more memory than you have in your system. Select the size > for the amount of virtual memory you intend to use once your system is > installed. 16 megabytes is probably the lowest amount that's practical, use > 32 megabytes if you can spare the space, and 64 if your disk is large enough > that you won't miss that much. > In addition create a MINIX partition (type 81). This will hold the root > filesystem in the early installation process. Its size should be at least 2 > megabytes. This partition can be deleted when the installation is finished. > > Activate the swap partition. > Copy the root filesystem to disk. You will need a DOS-formatted floppy disk > with the root.bin file in it (for example, the rescue floppy disk). > Exit. The normal installation system will be started. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
