[RULE] Laptop that didn't work.

[Stephen J Smoogen]

On Sun, 2004-06-06 at 07:16, Da Worm wrote:
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> On 6/6/2004 at 12:30 PM Martin Stricker wrote:
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> >> Why not? I remember seeing someone document a slinky install into 8MB
> >> of RAM, no? Fuzzy memory.
> >
> >*searching through old RULE mails*
> >In the early days of slinky there was reported a successful install in
> >just 4 MB of RAM. However, the Red Hat kernel (RHL7.2 I think) insisted
> >on having at least 6 MB. So yes, I think 8 MB is doable.
> 
> It may be, but the combinations of problems with this machine just made me give up after a week.  
> No CDRom, no built in network, I have no PCMCIA network cards (well, I do, but no dongles)...  Pretty 
> much the only way I could get anything into it is a parallel port network device, of which I could get 

I got a parallel port cdrom from a reseller for $10.00. It was how I did
similar installs for people back in the day.

> working with DOS but not with any linux boot diskette I could find.  I may give it another shot in a few 
> weeks, as I really do need to clean out my computer room and get rid of anything I can't get running.
> 
> Jeff.
> 
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