Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: Installation

Not all Linux can go on older machines. If you are looking for an Linux to
put on an pre 90s machine. Try looking at Puppy Linux. It can run on an
machine with 128 mb or less. There are others too. I have Puppy running on
an 186 with 128 mb ram.


On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 9:50 AM, Bart Lidofsky <bart@moosewise.com> wrote:

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> On 6/12/2013 1:46 AM, loyal_barber wrote:
> >
> > A note however: If you have 4 GB or less of memory
> > you will want to create 1 to several swap partitions of approximately
> > 2 GB each up to 1.5 times your amount of RAM. For example, if you
> > had 4 GB RAM, you would have 5 total partitions:
> > 1. Win7
> > 2. Swap 2GB
> > 3. Swap 2GB
> > 4. Swap 2GB
> > 5. Linux root (/) partition of the size of your free space - 6 GB.
> >
>
> One advantage that I have read about Linux is that it is much
> easier on resources than Windows; it can be used to bring new life to
> older machines. Therefore, I am curious as to why 4 GB of RAM is
> insufficient to run Linux properly, and that several dedicated
> partitions for swap areas are required. Can't Linux just use a file on
> disk for swapping of necessary?
>
> Bart
>
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