Hi Linda,
Mikkel wrote:
> You may have to do the install on another system with more memory,
> and then move the hard drive to your 486 system. You can run Red Hat with
> 4M, but the installer needs more memory because it creates the root file
> system in memory.
Indeed this is a good idea. Or you could borrow some memory during the
installation. Another solution is to try Slackware. It could be that their
installation does not need that much memory. I am not sure though, it's been a
while since I installed on a 4 MB machine :).
> Just make sure to create a boot floppy for the new setup.
You should definitely do this. Chances are you put in the 486 hd in the
installation machine as something like /dev/hdc, but use it as /dev/hda in the
486. In that case you could install lilo with a temporary lilo.conf, but I
always use the boot floppy to boot the new system (point it to the correct
drive), then edit fstab and lilo.conf and finally run lilo.
If you try Slackware, let me know it their installation still runs on your 4
MB machine.
Good luck,
Leonard.
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