12 MB of RAM... I wished that my Toshiba T3600CT (laptop 486/50, 8 mb of RAM and 512MB drive) had that much memory! I installed Sarge on it. I'm using XFree86 3.3.6 since 4.2 doesn't support my old videocard. I both used the 2.4 and 2.2 kernel (both minimalistically reconfigured). I am not yet using wireless networking, just LAN networking (PCMCIA card). It is working fine as a X terminal (X login in remote GDM). I do not have much harddisk activity at all, when I open a new webpage often no HD activity at all. If I get HD activity it is rarely for more than 1-2 second. So in your case it should be no problem. I tried to keep the kernel (currently 2.4.20) as small as possible (image < 550 kb, hardly any modules) and deactivated most of the init.d scripts. That's all.
Ronald On Fri, 2003-07-25 at 04:21, Kirk Strauser wrote: > I have Woody installed on an IBM 340CSE laptop with a 486/50, 12MB of RAM, > and a 10GB drive. It currently boots, but hits swap the instant I start the > PCMCIA card services to bring up wireless networking; even a "ps axw" starts > grinding in single-user mode. > > Now, I don't expect wonders from this little machine. I just want it up > enough to use as a thin X terminal with no programs running locally. > > I've already built a new 2.4.21 kernel without initrd and with everything > non-vital removed. Is the 2.2.x series significantly smaller? > > Can I reduce the hard drive cache? RAM is *much* more valuable to me than > buffered reads and writes. > > Is Debian even reasonable on this tiny box, or should I be looking at a > slimmer distribution? If so, any suggestions? > > Many thanks - I await running my 640x480x256-color Mozilla with bated > breath. > -- > Kirk Strauser -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
