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Topic: Starting problems at 8Mb of ram

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adamus

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Posted: Nov. 20 2005,15:59

Hello.
Did dsl starts at 8mb's of ram ??The rest is p133mhz s3 and 700mb hd .Pure stuff but i must start is some how .Waiting for some advice

cbagger01

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Posted: Nov. 21 2005,06:48

I don't think that DSL is usable or even bootable with only 8MB of RAM.

You can try other distros like "basic linux" that are designed for 8MB or less RAM.

Grinnalot

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Posted: Nov. 25 2005,22:19

Long time ago I played a bit with older versions of DSL.
in my experience you require at least 12 MB.

Initially I also started with 8 MB and it did not work. Then I saw a neighbour placing another old PC with the garbage which supplied me with another 4 MB.... that made it work

I used DSL 0.5.3 and DSL 0.6.2

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