Installing Debian with only 64mb RAM

2015-04-18 Thread peter.schleichm...@t-online.de
Hi there, I've found an old laptop (MAXDATA Artist Stanford) with 64mb ram and tried to install a minimal Debian system. The installer warned me about low system memory but I could continue. I didn't select any additional kernel module and continued again. After loading basic system components (

Re: Installing Debian with only 64mb RAM

2015-04-18 Thread Kirill Shilov
hi Peter, try install via debootstrap. more information you can find on debian wiki. 2015-04-18 18:43 GMT+05:00 peter.schleichm...@t-online.de < peter.schleichm...@t-online.de>: > Hi there, > I've found an old laptop (MAXDATA Artist Stanford) with 64mb ram and tried > to install a minimal Debian

Re: Installing Debian with only 64mb RAM

2015-04-18 Thread Bob Proulx
peter.schleichm...@t-online.de wrote: > I've found an old laptop (MAXDATA Artist Stanford) with 64mb ram and > tried to install a minimal Debian system. The installer warned me > about low system memory but I could continue. I didn't select any > additional kernel module and continued again. After

Re: Installing Debian with only 64mb RAM

2015-04-18 Thread Michael
Have a look here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightweight_Linux_distribution Yes, with an old Laptop one really should chose a rather old kernel, but then, the latest 'stable' Debian possibly will not run on that thing (for example, systemd). So you would either chose an old Debian in the first