On Monday 01 April 2002 12:47 pm, you wrote: > On 01 Apr 2002 19:41:02 +0200 Guillaume Cottenceau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > "Brian J. Murrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > 1. The installer considers 48MB of memory to be "low". As such, I > > > used the "text" install mode as it suggested. The installer should > > > not require more memory than a system can sufficiently run with. > > > > Yes, the installer somewhat requires more memory than what a > > "minimal" system can have to run a (console only) Mandrake > > distro. It sucks but I think we can't change that so easily. And > > normally a text install should be possible with 32MB of memory > > (though the text install is vastly more bugged than the graphical > > install). > > Dumb question: has anyone discussing this actually *tried* installing on > a low memory system lately...? > yes, I tried to upgrade an 8.1 to 8.2 via net install on a toshiba 2515cds and it would not let me. I did successfully upgrade manually via urpmi, and using Han's etc-update.
> The reason I ask is that I am typing this on a "thin-client" Toshiba Tecra > 500CDT (P/120MHz, 32MB) running LM8.2/IceWm which installed _first_time_ > in *graphical* mode... made me VERY happy! :^) Even KDE runs; just too > slow for my liking... > > Pierre
