From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mta1.math.wisc.edu (mta1.math.wisc.edu [144.92.166.194]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CACEC1A352 for ; Fri, 9 Apr 2010 10:17:08 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mta1.math.wisc.edu Received: from mta1.math.wisc.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mta1.math.wisc.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id zffK7SNtb8xS for ; Fri, 9 Apr 2010 09:16:49 -0500 (CDT) Received: from mta1.math.wisc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mta1.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A81D3E0072 for ; Fri, 9 Apr 2010 09:16:49 -0500 (CDT) Received: from ulam.math.wisc.edu (ulam.math.wisc.edu [144.92.166.245]) by mta1.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Fri, 9 Apr 2010 09:16:49 -0500 (CDT) Received: from vv507j (vv507j.math.wisc.edu [144.92.166.75]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ulam.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 539192BE4A for ; Fri, 9 Apr 2010 09:16:49 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <1B1C3ECF20344DC98F10AA3F4E10E502@math.wisc.edu> From: "John G. Heim" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20100406194904.GA32188@romuald.net.eu.org> <4BBEF8C8.8080901@baechler.net> Subject: Re: an observation, and question Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 09:16:49 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5843 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:17:08 -0000 Huh... Which version of debian did that requirement come in? I don't think it was there in etch. My laptop is running lenny but I may have installed etch and then did a dist-upgrade to lenny. I'm kind of shocked that you need 128 Mb. Debian still has 486 kernel packages. In fact, last fall, I got a bug fixed for a driver for a chipset that has been obsolete for about 10 years. Those things aren't directly debian related but the linux community generally has outstanding support for old hardware. Well, I suppose you can always do the install step by step yourself. Maybe thats why debian figured it was no big deal to have a 128 Mb requirement for their installer. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Baechler" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 4:52 AM Subject: Re: an observation, and question > As Debian has officially stated, you must have a minimum of 128 MB of RAM > to do an install. Debian itself might run on less after installation. > Yes, I realize this is a late reply, but the statement that you can only > install Slackware isn't true, provided you have at least 128 MB of memory. > You could also set up a virtual machine to do the install and somehow use > dd to copy the raw virtual image to the Pentium hard drive. You could > also try an older version of Debian and upgrade. > > On 4/6/2010 12:49 PM, Gregory Nowak wrote: >> A couple of days ago, I grabbed the debian stable netinst cd-rom image, >> and attempted to install debian on to a machine using that image. The >> machine is old, a Pentium running at 133 MHz, with 64 megs of ram, >> with no dvd drive, just a cd-rom drive. >> > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >