Daniel Migowski wrote: > On Montag, 20. November 2000 16:15, Jean-Marc Cadudal wrote: > > I have an old 386 on which I'd like to install Debian 2.2. > > HP Vectra RS/20 > > 10 Mb RAM > > 100 Mb DISK > > Floppy 1,4 Mb > > Floppy 1,2 Mb > Btw. forget it. I saw a pentium/100 with 8MB RAM, and it was unusable slow. > apt-get-installing a 20kb-package took 5 Minutes(!). After upgrading to 24MB > RAM (didn't check 16MB), it was a cool server, even able to run small > php3-scripts in a fast manner.
I have a 486 with 12mb of RAM, and it runs fine in text mode. I don't use X anyway so that's cool with me. I would think 10mb should be fine if you don't overload it. bekj -- : --Hacker-Neophile-Eclectic-Geek-Grrl-Queer-Disabled-Boychick-- : [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tertius.net.au/~gossamer/ : Say yes to life, even though you know it will devour you. : Because among the obstacles and, to be sure, the cruelties of : life are signs that we are on a primary spiritual adventure : (even though it seems to be taking place in what we regard as an : unmistakably physical world). -- Stephen Larsen