Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 2 Mar 1998 22:50:55 +0100 (MET) | | From | Mikael Abrahamsson <> | | Subject | Re: Linux Runs on 386 Sx 16 - 2MB RAM !!! |
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On Mon, 2 Mar 1998, David Fries wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 02, 1998 at 06:40:24PM +0100, Rik van Riel wrote: > > On Mon, 2 Mar 1998, Rene Zikken wrote: > > > > > > > > > I suppose you don't have any memory left for the > > message text :-) > > Read about the next message down :) I have actually run X on a > computer with 2 megs of ram. Now the question is can you run 2.1.x on > a 2 meg machine, I thought it had some limit at 4 megs, and if you > can't run it, why not?
I have run linux on a 386sx-16 with 8 megs of ram, I wouldnt call that speed acceptable.
I tried linux (slackware 2.3, late 1.1.x kernels) on a 486sx-25 with 2 megs a couple of years ago. After 10 minutes and it only had gotten 5-6 daemons up and running and was swapping itself to death I turned the poor thing off.
I'm glad that other guy managed to get it running... I'd say that 4 megs would be a definate minimum.
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