Re: Minimum RAM Requirement.

2001-03-17 Thread Ian Thomas
Check out the Linux Documentation Project, it has instructions on how to setup a system with 4 mb. I have followed these instructions and gotten an IBM laptop with slightly less than 4 mb to work fine. Although the installs start with non-debian dists the author says that you can use almost any d

Re: Minimum RAM Requirement.

2001-03-16 Thread kmself
on Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 09:59:39AM -0700, Simmons-Davis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to know the minimum amount of RAM a computer needs in order to > run a basic Linux setup and then also the minimum for X Window System. Some guidelines. - 4 M: bare minimum for Linux

Re: Minimum RAM Requirement.

2001-03-16 Thread John Galt
8M effective, though I've heard of 4-5M, and used bo with 4M. On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Simmons-Davis wrote: >Hello, > >I would like to know the minimum amount of RAM a computer needs in order to >run a basic Linux setup and then also the minimum for X Window System. > >Thank you, >Ry > > > -- Yo

Re: Minimum RAM Requirement.

2001-03-16 Thread frankie
On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 11:19:38AM -0600, Mike Brownlow wrote: > Simmons-Davis wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I would like to know the minimum amount of RAM a computer needs in order to > > run a basic Linux setup and then also the minimum for X Window System. > > See section 2.3 (Memory and Disk Spa

Re: Minimum RAM Requirement.

2001-03-16 Thread Mike Brownlow
Simmons-Davis wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to know the minimum amount of RAM a computer needs in order to > run a basic Linux setup and then also the minimum for X Window System. See section 2.3 (Memory and Disk Space Requirements) of the Debian "Installation Instructions." You can find the

Minimum RAM Requirement.

2001-03-16 Thread Simmons-Davis
Hello, I would like to know the minimum amount of RAM a computer needs in order to run a basic Linux setup and then also the minimum for X Window System. Thank you, Ry