d4cnobby
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Posted: June 25 2004,11:51 |
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Hi Guys,
I haven't tried DSL on a `486 (yet) but I know that I will be definitely be doing a "hard disk drive install". I just would not be even thinking about a "run from CD" scenario, even if I did scrape up 32 (or even 64 meg) of RAM for the box.
Reason: - what Brian (AwPhuch) said is correct regarding "Operating Systems" performing better with more RAM at thier disposal. If you are able to reduce what is being loaded into memory [in this case file system components] there just has to be more RAM available for "programs,buffering and cacheing, etc.." without resorting to slower swap file/partition usage 
I am running DSL on two other boxes, both faster and much more RAM. Both boot from the relatively small partition size DSL needs on their respective hard disk drives. Therefore I think that doing a repartition / partiton resize on the target box is desirable if you are going to be using DSL more than once or twice.
If you need something stable to achieve this go here: - <http://www.sysresccd.org/index.en.php>
BTW: - this is a *must have* for your "software toolbox" anyhow !
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