sarah
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Posted: Dec. 12 2005,13:56 |
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Hey well done for getting that far..
:o)
Ok, because you've got *really* low ram, it's probably better to run the installation script from the command line without booting into X. I'm doubtful that it would even work from the X desktop. The install script basically just opens up a terminal window I think anyway, so I doubt you're losing much there.
I run (part-time) from a frugal install onto a laptop with 16M RAM P75 processor and about 250-300 meg usable hard drive space. I use Links a lot for web browsing, and Dillo for the rest. It runs ok for the stuff I want, but be aware that your machine is not going to run all the applications available in DSL.
However, it will run a hell of a lot better if you create swap space. I kind of felt my way around and followed instructions from the Wiki and made instructions up for myself. I'll hopefully have time to write detailed instructions tomorrow afternoon (my time) so about 24 hours after this post is up I guess.
You could also try booting into X with:
| Code Sample | | dsl minimal vga=normal mem=16M desktop=jwm |
(I hope I've not left anything out of that..)
and see how you go with that.
And you're right, that Wiki page about the installation from floppies needs some work, but there are others that will help you, search for install (I think there's a category link off the Wiki Main Page)
Just so you don't think I'm a complete cow, I would write up a quick how-to tonight, but I'm really tired and very very likely to make mistakes or leave out something important. Since I'm not yet technically proficient enough to write something like that in my sleep, I reckon you're probably better off waiting to see if someone beats me to it, or until I can think clearly enough to do it properly.
And... now that I've read your last post again: if you run the install script from the command line it will make no difference to the install itself - you'll still get your gui and so on. The problem is that if you install from the install script (which is designed to be run from a CD) you're going to format your HD in the process and thus interfere with your current installation. I won't even guess what happens there, because I've no idea.
So... the short version is to try the network installation method listed below instead:
(You're going to get rid of the current installation of whatever is on your HD at the moment so back up anything important first!)
http://damnsmalllinux.org/wiki....nstall)
(Floppy Only with Net Card - Poorma's Install)
And like I said above, follow my advice with caution and tempered with your own common sense since I'm pretty tired!
Good luck
Cheers and beers,
Sarah
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...and then again because it seemed some .cab files were corrupt... well, says enough. It was hell, and if I throw that off, I should have about 200 mb free. 