New subject: [SLE] Re: Experimenting with installing Suse on an old computer.

17 Dec 2002


      Ken Hough  writes:
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As I remember, those old 386SX boxes typically had perhaps only 4 MB of 
RAM (or even less).  Unless you can find say 16 MB or better 32 MB,
The maximum ram address space for a 386SX is 16megs
...
you will be better off dumping the 386SX. Once the system starts
swapping to disk, the PC will run very slowly. In any case, it will
not be fast!
It will not be fast, true -- but it will still be quite usable (I use
my 386sx16 with 10megs of ram as an Xterminal.)  He should definitely
not spend any money upgrading it though :-)

Re: [SLE] Re: Experimenting with installing Suse on an old computer.

Mark Gray

Carlos E. R.

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Carlos E. R.

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