8MB should be fine. I can't give much insight into your problem, but I can assure you that I have Debian on my 486 laptop which also has 8MB RAM and it runs just fine, although I have been warned about using x-windows as that will probably be /very/ slow, so i have not yet attempted using it. Doubt I ever will either. -notin
---- you wrote: > hi all! > thanks for any help, but i still can't install linux debian 2.2 > my laptop is "trying to extract base2_2.tgz" for 20 hr!! > please help me! i have only 8 mb RAM, can it work? > should i try to install debian2.2 without a swap partition? > my HD is 256 mb, and the swap partition (32 mb) is almost not used at all. > thanks anyway. ------------------------------- Beam to http://www.StarTrek.com The official site of the Star Trek universe
