Anyone experienced...

Thrasher · n00b Joined: 15 Dec 2002 Posts: 2

...by installing Gentoo ( or other Linuxes ) on these machines ??

- Toshiba T1850 386CPU, 1MB Graphic, thats all i know about . :oops:

-Targa Traveller TN 439 386CPU, 4MB Memory, 120 MBB HDD. :oops:

I need much tips, for installing Gentoo ( GNU/Linux ) on these machines , maybe anyone of you can help me by giving links i.e.

AlterEgo · Veteran Joined: 25 Apr 2002 Posts: 1619

No chance, I'a afraid.
4 MB is barely enough to perform a low-memory install of debian 2.0.

broschi · Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2002 8:34 pm Post subject:

It's doable but not with Gentoo or Debian. I've installed Slackware 4 on a 386SX (not even DX) w/ 4MB memory. The performances were just fine for that type of computer (took 5 secs to fire up mc or apache through inetd). Since old HDD tend to automatically move the head at the outer edge make sure your swap partition is the first one. Of course X is out of the way unless you can get your hands on a wm with a very very low footprint or w/ a stripped down version of X or something similar (I know it exists).
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Thrasher · n00b Joined: 15 Dec 2002 Posts: 2

How big has the Swap partition be for not slowing down ??

broschi · Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2002 10:37 pm Post subject:

As small as possible and i'd suggest using multiples of 4 (8, 16, 32, etc) but of course make sure you have enough swap. If the free space nevers goes beyong 16 well set it to 16 otherwise go with 32 (or 24 since you're tight in space).
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