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From: Robert Hailman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New Strategy for Linux
>Okay. Would this system work, so I don't go out and buy all the stuff
before
>I find out it doesn't:
In short, yes, it should all work. I put Linux on an old '386sx with 16
megs of ram and a 200 meg drive. It worked...well sorta...if you could
stand the speed (which I couldn't).
>486SX/25 (I know it sucks, but I have it lying around in my house)
Sucks less than my '386sx16 board....egads...that was painful. Sensing
a thread? :)
>8MB RAM ('Cuz 16 would cost to much :o)
You will *REALLY* want to put at least 16 in the box. Memory is pretty
damn cheap (I've seen it on sale at Best Buy for bout $30 for 16 megs (72
pin). Look around...hell scavenge it if you have to. You won't be sorry.
BUT, if your never going to run X with this system, then maybe you can get
away with only eight. Our internal web-server at work runs on eight megs of
ram....doesn't do much else though. Running RH 5.0
>Tseng ET4000 Video Card ('cuz I have one)
Yup...should work fine.
>Partitions:
> (hda1) /: 492MB
> (hda2) swap: 32MB
With eight megs of ram you'll be hitting the swap quite a bit. You
might want to make this bigger if you can.
Just my 2 cents....
Damond
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