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. Do
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. D
On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Mark Janssen wrote:
[...]
> On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Marino wrote:
>
> > Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 16:08:45 +0200
> > From: Marino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: Mark Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Re: i still can't install li
> I don't think you will succeed with only 8 Meg of RAM. I have lately
> plugged out 32 Meg's from a 40 Meg desktop system. It worked, but dselect
> would not come up as the system was busy swapping.
8mb is definitely not below the limit - i recently installed potato on two
computers with only 8mb
On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Marino 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
On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Mark Janssen wrote:
[...]
> On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Marino wrote:
>
> > Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 16:08:45 +0200
> > From: Marino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: Mark Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Re: i still can't install li
> I don't think you will succeed with only 8 Meg of RAM. I have lately
> plugged out 32 Meg's from a 40 Meg desktop system. It worked, but dselect
> would not come up as the system was busy swapping.
8mb is definitely not below the limit - i recently installed potato on two
computers with only 8m
On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Marino 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
installing
Mark Janssen
On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Marino wrote:
> Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 16:08:45 +0200
> From: Marino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Mark Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: i still can't install linux!
>
> yes, in the console
It should (just) do
try switching virtual consoles by pressing
Alt-F1 to Alt-F8, and check if there are other error
messages on those consoles (especially Alt-F3 and Alt-F4)
If there are... mail them...
Mark Janssen
On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Marino wrote:
> Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 15:49:11 +0200
with installing
Mark Janssen
On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Marino wrote:
> Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 16:08:45 +0200
> From: Marino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Mark Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: i still can't install linux!
>
> yes, in the console
It should (just) do
try switching virtual consoles by pressing
Alt-F1 to Alt-F8, and check if there are other error
messages on those consoles (especially Alt-F3 and Alt-F4)
If there are... mail them...
Mark Janssen
On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Marino wrote:
> Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 15:49:11 +020
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