Re: Re: (Very OT): Good Linux distro for very old machines

The installer from my copy of 7.1 won't start without 128M of RAM and a 400MHz machine. Go figure. :-/

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Re: (Very OT): Good Linux distro for very old machines by b10m (Vicar) on May 26, 2004 at 17:31 UTC
And people over at RH sit at their desks pondering the question "Why do they hate us?". Those specs are absolutely insane. Linux doesn't require all that power... -- b10m All code is usually tested, but rarely trusted.	[reply]
Re: Re: (Very OT): Good Linux distro for very old machines by iburrell (Chaplain) on May 26, 2004 at 18:30 UTC
The graphical installer requires those specs. The X server and anaconda (written in Python) need the RAM and CPU. It probably would work okay in 64 MB of RAM since the requirements are generous. The text installer can run fine 64 MB and 233 MHz.	[reply]
Re: (Very OT): Good Linux distro for very old machines by b10m (Vicar) on May 26, 2004 at 18:54 UTC
The first time I installed Linux, it was on a "hightech" 486 DX2 66Mhz with a shocking 8MB of RAM. It beat Windows in speed back then and I used it very happily. I don't see why the "X server" needs that much RAM though. Just run a window manager like Blackbox (I still use it ;-) -- b10m All code is usually tested, but rarely trusted.	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: (Very OT): Good Linux distro for very old machines by BigRare (Pilgrim) on May 26, 2004 at 23:19 UTC
You might want to try the text installer. According to the RedHat website, version 7.1 can run on a 386. Here's the link.	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: (Very OT): Good Linux distro for very old machines by mawe (Hermit) on May 27, 2004 at 05:54 UTC
The installer from my copy of 7.1 won't start without 128M of RAM and a 400MHz machine. Go figure. :-/ I installed RedHat 8.0 on my computer (233MHz, 64M RAM) without any problems.	[reply]