Fwd: Re: [Rule-list] preparing richard's laptop

[Devon]

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Subject: Re: [Rule-list] preparing richard's laptop
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 23:01:00 -0500
From: Devon <devon at tuxfan.homeip.net>
To: rule-list at mail.freesoftware.fsf.org

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On Tuesday 19 March 2002 10:25 am, Richard Kweskin wrote:
> Hello all
>
> I can make it all the way to a complete text install only when I take
> all defaults and add no packages (from the optional ones presented.)
>
> (I'm not complaining, only trying to clarify) does this mean 16MB just
> scrapes me by?

Miniconda has installed with success down to 12M, but it's painful. So,
yes, you are close to the low limit.

> Should I try mem=something less to see? Where do I do this?

At the boot prompt:
linux mem=12M

> As the video chip set and the monitor were never probed with success
> should I install another os, check to see irq and i/o addresses (if I
> can) for these and then pass the relevant parameters? Where do I do
> this?

We don't include the XFree packages in the base install, so I believe the
probing is skipped. That said, I don't believe lap tops like the Xconfig
probing much. Someone correct me if I am wrong, I don't use a laptop.

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pgp key:  http://www.tuxfan.homeip.net:8080/pgpkey.txt
Red Hat Linux 7.2 in 8M of RAM: http://www.freesoftware.fsf.org/rule/

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Red Hat Linux 7.2 in 8M of RAM: http://www.freesoftware.fsf.org/rule/

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