On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 09:12:39PM +0100, Bastiaan Welmers wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know where I can find the system requirements / advised system
> properties
> for any release of RedHat Linux? For example, until which version can I install
> on
> an i386 8MB Ram? Now I'm using 5.2 but it just doesn't work fine, lot's of
> programs don't
> work with old glibc and kernel versions...
> I can see that release 7.3 has a kernel for i386 architecture, but 8.0 no
> longer(needs mathematical
> co-processor).
>
> However, memory requirements are more important I think....
Even 7.x, which may run on a 386 will be severely starved for
resources on an 8-meg machine. Red Hat's installer likely won't have
a chance of running on 8 megs, not even in text mode. You may wish
to look up the "rule" project, they have an installer (I haven't
tried it, so take this with salt) that may work for you, though.
But even if you DO get 7.x installed on a 8 meg 386, you 'll find
yourself thinking of the end of the world as you wait for anything
to happen. Besides a slow CPU, it'll be swapping its little brains
out. YOu won't even be able to do 'ls' in a text console without
a swap storm.
Unless you're a serious masochist, you'll want to skip installation
of all GUI-related stuff and just use it as a text-mode unix clone.
Does this 386 by any chance have 30-pin SIMM sockets in it? I've got a
good-sized pile of 1-meg 30-pin simms around if you would like to
have some more.....
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