Hi Kerry!
I am running RH 5.2 in a 486/66 with 16 MB of RAM, 400 MB HDD, and I am using X
with icewm (runs fast enough). Couple of suggestions: instead of using one swap
partition, make two -half size each- one on each drive. Modify your
/etc/inittab so you have only two virtual consoles instead of the default 6.
Recompile the kernel to make it smaller and faster. Use ntsysv to remove the
services you wont be needing.
-Manuel.
On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Kerry Blalock wrote:
> Hello,
> I am trying to salvage some old hardware for as much of a system as
> possible as a project for my grandson. I have a 486sx25 with 16 meg ram,
> and two small harddrives. One, a 245 M ibm, the other a 202 Calvalier.
> When setting up Redhat 6.0, I can not get disk druid to partition the
> drives to a usable state. Everything works, until I try to go forward
> from here, but I get a message that I have not set up a swap file. I
> have actually set it up, but when I go back, is has been erased.
> I removed the second drive, and am able to get a bare, bare system
> going. Only editor is vi, and no xwindows, gnome, or any other modules
> from the popup selector. How can I get the second drive enabled for use?
> Part of the project was to get my grandson to start playing with C
> programing. Would at least like to get that module operating.
>
> Kerry
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