-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/20/07 13:00, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > I have a 486 with 32 MB ram, ISA bus NIC, currently running Sarge. Now > that Etch RC2 is out I'm starting to plan for the future of this box. > The Etch install manual says that it needs 64 MB ram. I know that Sarge > will continue to be supported for a while but I may as well start > planning. > > I know: someone will give me the proverbial quarter and tell me to get a > real computer :) > > I never could run Sarge's installer re memory so went with Woody and > upgraded. I can try that with Etch but want to have a fall-back > position in case the attempt hoses. I'm on very slow dialup so getting > back to where its at now would take a few weeks. Since Sarge's aptitude > takes a few minutes to load (due to the size of the packages file), I > fear that Etch will take proportionally longer and run out of memory.
Use apt-get instead. It uses less resources. (I think.) Also, you might try making a minimal CD repository that you can then bring over to the 486. But then, is there any pressing *need* to upgrade it from Woody? If you must, you could build individual packages on the 486. People did it 15 years ago, you can do it today! > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGADKOS9HxQb37XmcRAiq7AJ4p9MH8gNQu2RxFD+zXOT4hejvNvwCgib/Q MLRei/C2PdxGiDlcyIT/w50= =+6r1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
