[aclug-L] Re: Debian use on a old machine

["Dale W Hodge" <dwh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> From: discussion-bounce@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:discussion-bounce@xxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Thomas Wallis
> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 7:38 PM
> To: George Sawi
> Cc: discussion@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [aclug-L] Re: Debian use on a old machine
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> On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, George Sawi wrote:
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> >
> > Hi group,
> >    I have an old 486DX 16M-ram
> >    5x CDrom
> >    540M HD
> >    Does anyone have any using install Debian on this machine?
> >    Thanks,
>
>       I had Debian 2.1 running on a 486/33.  I don't remember
> how much memory.  A very tiny Debian 2.2 install should work,
> but dselect and the installer will run very slowly.

I've had Debian 2.2 running on a 486DX33 with 16M of ram.  It ran okay, but
dselect was very slow to load.  X-Windows will run, but it loading apps is very
slow. Graphical browsers are out of the question. It depends on what you are
going to use the machine for.  I had a 386DX40 with 8M of ram running Debian 2.0
as a file and print server and as an internet gateway. It worked fine for the
intended duty.

--dwh

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