On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Indraneel Majumdar wrote: > Hello, > > Can anyone please tell me whether it is possible to install Debian on a > 386SX with 3MB RAM. I tried to install using the potato floppies but it > starts to load the compressed ramdisk from the root floppy and then > simply hangs. No furthur output. The floppies are OK and work fine on > other systems with more RAM.
I believe the stated minimum for installation is 8MB. It's probably not going to be possible to perform an installation with only 3MB. Take care, Zonker -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier -=- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ZonkerBooks.net/ -=- ICQ: 43599611 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." -- Douglas Adams