So I still ccan do a text based install with suse 8.1
I'll try that
Thanks zentara .
--- zentara
On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 07:15:12 -0800 "Milanuk, Monte"
wrote: So... I guess the consensus is that even if I were to go to the trouble of using a Linux rescue disk such as tomsrtbt to format the HD in advance, complete w/ swap space and what not, it *still* might not fit? Well, guess I'll be using something like Debian or Slackware on that box! Or... anyone know if something like Gentoo that compiles stuff specifically for the hardware you install it on would work? I mean, this is a spare test box setting there w/ no other real useful purpose, as I can do most everything I need from my eMac running OS X 10.2.3 and Apple's X11.app, so I can afford to leave it sit to bake compiling stuff for days on end if need be.
I installed 8.1 on an old Canon P100 with 32megs ram. I used the text mode install, an first installed a minimum system without X, then played with it to get X installed.
It can be done.
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