linux on old laptop with 8 MB RAM
aluminumsulfate at earthlink.net
aluminumsulfate at earthlink.net
Tue May 24 22:31:01 EDT 2005
From: Tom Buskey <tbuskey at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 09:20:56 -0400
> Are there any Linux distributions that can be installed from a
> floppy/network configuration that will install with 8 MB of RAM?
I'd imagine Slackware can. NetBSD 2.0 can. I've installed that
(until running out of disk) on a 386/8mb/100mb disk system via FTP.
With 500MB you could probably get the whole base system. I pared it
down to the minimum.
Yes, Slackware 3.5 should. A full install will fit in 500MB with room
to spare. And installation on 8MB machines was still supported back
then.
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