what makes dsl run on 32mb ram?Forum: User Feedback Topic: what makes dsl run on 32mb ram? started by: boogaloo Posted by boogaloo on April 02 2005,05:04
I have tried loads of other distros which all hang on kernel panics of all sorts, but somehow, dsl boots and runs fine on my machine. I was just wondering exactly enables this distro to run on such low ram without a swap.
Posted by mikshaw on April 02 2005,05:22
smaller applications, fewer apps loaded into ram, smaller kernel....probably other factors i don't know about
Posted by boogaloo on April 02 2005,05:40
Would these kernel panics i've been having with all other distros be due to low ram?
Posted by tronik on April 02 2005,06:33
Thats possible.Or the other distros might have a bunch of junk in the kernel/initrd somewhere... DSL uses a minimal kernel, and loads everything else as a module. The other distros might have a cludgy kernel, and it has stuff that shouldn't be in there... Hope DSL works out well for you =) enjoy. Posted by boogaloo on April 02 2005,12:18
Yea, all those other distros would kernel panic on some initrd issue complaining about a compressed image at block 0. Well thanks for the input. poop on a stick.
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