05-13-2024, 07:35 AM
Asus made various L7?00 models, Celeron to P III, all with built-in 32 Mb RAM plus optional RAM to add. Mine is P II with 32 + 128 = 160 Mb RAM.
I'm running Windows 2000 in dual boot on it.
About the 512 Mb minimum requirements, that's bad news. I expected DSL to be a low RAM requirements OS running (also) on older hardware (I still got a Pentium 1 and a 486DX PC).
Yes, since the siliconmotion driver is missing I've run the installation selecting "text", expecting to boot the system in text mode. Instead, once it is installed it starts X automatically. That's not what I wish at first because it results in a broken system.
I've read "use our gui installer" (now I realized it: GUI) but if it means I have to install the OS in graphical mode I just can't because I can't run any graphical environment without the right driver.
I think that should be rethinked: primarily to allow people to make a multi partition installation in text mode (I need a /boot partition to stay within that holy 1024th cylinder)
The graphical mode follows it later.
Yes, I've already installed DSL and it's now running in text mode. Expected to succeed in running X as well, though with some efforts.
Thank you for your reply.
I'm running Windows 2000 in dual boot on it.
About the 512 Mb minimum requirements, that's bad news. I expected DSL to be a low RAM requirements OS running (also) on older hardware (I still got a Pentium 1 and a 486DX PC).
Yes, since the siliconmotion driver is missing I've run the installation selecting "text", expecting to boot the system in text mode. Instead, once it is installed it starts X automatically. That's not what I wish at first because it results in a broken system.
I've read "use our gui installer" (now I realized it: GUI) but if it means I have to install the OS in graphical mode I just can't because I can't run any graphical environment without the right driver.
I think that should be rethinked: primarily to allow people to make a multi partition installation in text mode (I need a /boot partition to stay within that holy 1024th cylinder)
The graphical mode follows it later.
Yes, I've already installed DSL and it's now running in text mode. Expected to succeed in running X as well, though with some efforts.
Thank you for your reply.