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From: Ward William E PHDN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Redhat-List (E-mail) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 9:25 AM
Subject: Network Installs on a low memory 486.... how do I do it?
>The machine was a 486 DX2-50 with built in 1 MB VLB video, a 3COM Ether
>Express III, 16 MB of RAM, a mouse, keyboard, SVGA monitor, floppy, and
>a Quantum 304 MB IDE HD. I had a few spare parts that I'm not using,
>so I slapped in a better Video (a 2 MB VLB #9 GXE 364 Video) and a
>WD 1.6 GB EIDE HD. I also attempted to slip in 32 MB of RAM that I
>had, but was stymied when I found that the machine was a true-blue IBM
>ValuePoint, with proprietary memory constraints.... this is one of
>my two big problems, I think.
>
I have a 486 here running RH6.2. The only differences that matter between
what you have and what I have are +16MB ram and a CDROM here.. It might be
worth your time to stick a cdrom into the machine and give a cdrom text
based install a try. Our hard drives are similar enough to make no diffs..
ive a 540mb and and 850 in use. You might also try to do an absolute
minimal install, and then add rpms to the system one at a time. The real
kicker is the 16mb of ram.. I think you can do it, but its slim. Good luck.
Jeff Hogg
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