On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Bernhard Kuhn wrote:
> Oliver Xymoron wrote:
> >
> > I'd be interested, but 2MB is still too light.
>
> tomsrtbt (http://www.toms.net/rb/) runs with only 2MB on a 386SX16
> (_without_ using swapspace), remote-booted, NFS-Rooted (so TCP/IP is included),
> and a "cat /proc/meminfo" shows, that there are still 500KB left ...
> That is much space for s simple applicati mon :-)
>
> tomsrtbt even uses 2.0.36!
>
> So i would say: give it a try!
Interesting. The smallest machine I've ever tried running was 4MB and that
was back in the .99pl13 days. Of course then with 4MB + swap space it was
possible to run a complete system (though it took most of a day to compile
a new kernel and X was something of a chore).
--
"Love the dolphins," she advised him. "Write by W.A.S.T.E.."
