On Wed 20 Nov, David B Harris wrote: > On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 14:09:59 +0200 > Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello laptop.deb's, > > > > I have gotten a NEW OLD LAptop and I like to install Debian. > > MS-Dos 6.2 was no problem, but... it's a Microsoft product. > > > > Which Version of Debian is recommended ? > > > > bo, hamm, slink, potatop or woody ? > > > > Oh yes, I have no CD and no lpd-port. Only one Floppy and mono-display. > > > > Generaly I like to run Lyx, a webbrowser and a MUA like balsa. > > With only four megs of memory, you'll not be able to run any of those > versions listed.
There is a whole 4mb-laptop HOWTO, which shows that it is possible to run Linux on such machines, but it's true - in practice doing much useful in a 4MB machine requires an 'embedded device' mentality, and Debian is not really set up for that as supplied. And most embedded devices these days have a lot more than 4MB RAM :-) Woody has been installed on an 16MB Psion5mx with 64MB CF card, but you wouldn't want anything much smaller. Wookey -- Aleph One Ltd, Bottisham, CAMBRIDGE, CB5 9BA, UK Tel +44 (0) 1223 811679 work: http://www.aleph1.co.uk/ play: http://www.chaos.org.uk/~wookey/
