Re: Wanted to build: bare minimum Debian system

2003-07-26 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2003-07-26T19:03:09Z, Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, 2003-07-25 at 15:55, Kirk Strauser wrote: >> *Thin* client. As in, *no* clients running locally. > mozilla takes about 24M with nothing loaded and evolution somewhere around > 22M. For clarity's sake, *no* clients will

Re: Wanted to build: bare minimum Debian system

2003-07-26 Thread Micha Feigin
On Fri, 2003-07-25 at 15:55, Kirk Strauser wrote: > At 2003-07-25T03:16:19Z, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hope you've got 192MB swap (16x RAM). > > Actually, I have 512MB swap (the drive was migrated from a Webplayer that > I'd hacked). > > > Imagine how fast that, say, "apt-get

Re: Wanted to build: bare minimum Debian system

2003-07-25 Thread Ronald Capel
12 MB of RAM... I wished that my Toshiba T3600CT (laptop 486/50, 8 mb of RAM and 512MB drive) had that much memory! I installed Sarge on it. I'm using XFree86 3.3.6 since 4.2 doesn't support my old videocard. I both used the 2.4 and 2.2 kernel (both minimalistically reconfigured). I am not yet usin

Re: Wanted to build: bare minimum Debian system

2003-07-25 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2003-07-25T18:21:43Z, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ebay! Perhaps, but I'm still facing the (likely) probability that it won't work once I get it home. -- Kirk Strauser pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Wanted to build: bare minimum Debian system

2003-07-25 Thread Ron Johnson
On Fri, 2003-07-25 at 11:58, Kirk Strauser wrote: > At 2003-07-25T16:08:52Z, Preston Boyington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I have a compaq 4130T laptop with 32mb ram and a 133mhz processor. I > > would recommend that (if possible) you up your ram. > > If but only I could. It has 4MB built

Re: Wanted to build: bare minimum Debian system

2003-07-25 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2003-07-25T16:08:52Z, Preston Boyington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a compaq 4130T laptop with 32mb ram and a 133mhz processor. I > would recommend that (if possible) you up your ram. If but only I could. It has 4MB built in, and another 8MB on this little PCMCIA memory card inside

RE: Wanted to build: bare minimum Debian system

2003-07-25 Thread Alan Connor
I could really do without the HTML. (but /dev/null eats it up :-) Thanks, Alan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Wanted to build: bare minimum Debian system

2003-07-25 Thread Preston Boyington
Title: RE: Wanted to build: bare minimum Debian system > I have Woody installed on an IBM 340CSE laptop with a 486/50, > 12MB of RAM, > and a 10GB drive.  It currently boots, but hits swap the > instant I start the > PCMCIA card services to bring up wireless networking; ev

Re: Wanted to build: bare minimum Debian system

2003-07-25 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2003-07-25T03:16:19Z, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hope you've got 192MB swap (16x RAM). Actually, I have 512MB swap (the drive was migrated from a Webplayer that I'd hacked). > Imagine how fast that, say, "apt-get update" is going to be. You can't. Really. It's that bad. > M

Re: Wanted to build: bare minimum Debian system

2003-07-24 Thread Ron Johnson
On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 21:21, Kirk Strauser wrote: > I have Woody installed on an IBM 340CSE laptop with a 486/50, 12MB of RAM, > and a 10GB drive. It currently boots, but hits swap the instant I start the > PCMCIA card services to bring up wireless networking; even a "ps axw" starts > grinding in

Re: Wanted to build: bare minimum Debian system

2003-07-24 Thread Charles-Roberts
Kirk Strauser wrote: I have Woody installed on an IBM 340CSE laptop with a 486/50, 12MB of RAM, and a 10GB drive. It currently boots, but hits swap the instant I start the PCMCIA card services to bring up wireless networking; even a "ps axw" starts grinding in single-user mode. Now, I don't expect

Wanted to build: bare minimum Debian system

2003-07-24 Thread Kirk Strauser
I have Woody installed on an IBM 340CSE laptop with a 486/50, 12MB of RAM, and a 10GB drive. It currently boots, but hits swap the instant I start the PCMCIA card services to bring up wireless networking; even a "ps axw" starts grinding in single-user mode. Now, I don't expect wonders from this l