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Hi Buz, On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 09:59:16PM -0400, Buz Davis wrote: > Guys, > > I have a couple of Linux boxes, both with 500 mhz AMD-K6-2 processors. > One has 256 k ram and the other 320. I presume you mean 256MB and 320MB ram. > I would like to (finally) upgrade > from RH9 to Fedora. (Actually, I tried the other night to upgrade one > using a set of disks that came with a book. The update started but then > aborted saying the second cd was invalid. I don't know if it's still the case, but it used to be that when you booted to do a media check, you needed to specify "ide=nodma", i.e. at the boot: prompt, you put linux ide=nodma Then after getting a good media check, you boot normally and skip the media check. > Fortunately, the system will > still run - grub thinks it is booting a version of Fedora but most > everything else is left-over from RH9). I wouldn't try that kind of jump from RH9 to nearly anything current. As you've seen, it'll almost certainly be problematic. I'd save the contents of /etc for reference, and /home to be restored, and do a fresh install. > So I started looking at vendors of Linux install CD's, and found that > Fedora doesn't seem to include system requirements in its descriptions. > From the little I could glean from what I saw I think I might be able to > run Fedora 9, but would like to have a more knowledgeable opinion. IIRC, while linux will run on 256MB of RAM, the GUI installer needs more than that, so, when booting to install specify text mode: linux text > I mainly use these machines to surf the internet. I do some > console-oriented C programming, and would like to learn to program for > the X windows system, including 2D vector graphics. Is there a better > choice than Fedora 9 ? Maybe, but I don't have anything to recommend. I tried to install CentOS 5 on an antique IBM Thinkpad that I maxed out at 512MB and had problems. But I was able to install Fedora 9 on it, and it works fine. BTW, for a leaner and meaner GUI, I recommend IceWM or XFCE. Gnome or KDE may struggle on that small a RAM complement. > Thanks, > > Buz Davis Cheers, -- Bob McClure, Jr. Bobcat Open Systems, Inc. bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.bobcatos.com But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. 1 Timothy 6:11 (NIV) _______________________________________________ Redhat-install-list mailing list Redhat-install-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: redhat-install-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: unsubscribe