More than using an old suse version, you would better using something like "damn small linux" or using another distribution but installing the "basic" system (without desktop environment like gnome or kde, preatty "heavy") and installing a light window manager like fluxbox and only the applications you really need Gaël Kevanf1 <kevanf1@gmail.com> wrote on 01/03/2005 11.32.13:
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 20:55:55 -0600, Glenn Holmer <gholmer@ameritech. net> wrote:
I'm trying to get SUSE 9.2 to install on an old machine with just 64M of core and no CD-ROM drive. OK, I built the half-dozen floppy images on another machine and went to install from that machine over HTTP. The install starts, warning me to add swap first (which I do, as there's already a Linux swap partition available), but then it just hangs with the progress bar about 3/4 filled.
Is this even possible in 64M?
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My Local LUG (Wolves LUG) have been debating this very same issue. At the moment it seems that the minimum amount of RAM required seems to be somewhere in the region of 128mb. However, I would imagine that it all depends on what you want installing. If you are going for an extreme minimalist install then you might get away with it. I can't remember off hand what the minimum requirements are for SuSE 9.2 as recommended by SuSE/Novell but I'm sure it is more than 64mb. Waht about trying a distro more suited to an old machine? Perhaps an older version of SuSE? You could always try updating the kernel and security packages once it is installed and running.
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