Francois-Nicola Demers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I have tried to install the Debian Bo distribution on my 386 with only > 2 megs of RAM without success. Some people told me that they have been able > to > install it even if the machine does not have the 4 meg of RAM required. > > I have not been able to boot because the installation stopped saying > that 4 meg of RAM is necessary. > > Please explain me what boot parameters must be given to overcome the 4 > meg requirement. Is it possible to put swap on before booting?
It is easier to use a minimal distribution like mulinux, smalllinux, etc. follow links from: http://smalllinux.netpedia.net/ I bet it is possible to convert such a system to Debian by hand. I didn't try to do it yet. HTH, Jens P.S.: Please vote against Spam! At http://www.politik-digital.de/spam/ (Sorry Europeans only) --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Key ID: 2048/E451C639 Jens Ritter Key fingerprint: 5F 3D 43 1E 24 1E CC 48 1E 05 93 3A A7 10 73 37
