Instalation without a CD-drive an much RAMForum: Laptops Topic: Instalation without a CD-drive an much RAM started by: Dave141976 Posted by Dave141976 on Sep. 15 2006,09:24
Hi!I have a old laptop PCD-4L/50, 4 MB RAM, 256 MB HD, Intel 486 DX2SL. It works with Windows 95. Now I want to install DSL. But I search something over the conditions for system . Are 4 MB RAM enought ? Can I install DSL over my Desktop PC on the hard disk and than put it in the Laptop? That I have doew with Windows 95 Thanks for your help! David Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on Sep. 17 2006,19:28
4mb? :SThe minimum for the gui is 16mb afaik. Posted by Dave141976 on Sep. 19 2006,08:40
Thanx!I didnīt found anything about the systempreformance in the I-Net. But if, I have 16 MB RAM I can install it on the HD (256 MB) ? Have a nice day! David Posted by skaos on Sep. 19 2006,09:49
16 MB should be (just) ok - it will be slow though. Use 24-32 MB for a swap partition and the rest of the disk for the HD install. If you cannot get 16 MB, take a look at < http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/baslinux/ >
Posted by Zucca on Sep. 19 2006,10:41
I just have to tell you about this UNIX OS in this post (even it goes totally off-topic, sorry about that):It's called Inferno. It's very lightweight, but most propably harder to master than DSL. It does have GUI so you don't always need to rely on CLI. I haven't tried it just yet, but I plan to. Here's some nice features from its < homepage >:
You will need a CD-drive to install this. ;( I don't know if there's any other way to install it. Using an external CD-drive prehaps..? See < Inferno's web page > for more. |