From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_NONE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from email.fidnet.com (ecomm1.fidnet.com [216.229.64.80]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 6F263200B28F for ; Wed, 20 Feb 2002 08:36:46 -0600 (CST) Received: (qmail 9167 invoked from network); 20 Feb 2002 14:34:45 -0000 Received: from dialup-mo-19.rolla.fidnet.com (HELO silica.localmosci) (216.229.74.19) by email.fidnet.com with SMTP; 20 Feb 2002 14:34:45 -0000 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] min RAM to get Gentoo working From: "Tod M. Neidt" To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Evolution/1.0 (Preview Release) Date: 20 Feb 2002 08:34:49 -0600 Message-Id: <1014215690.8801.14.camel@silica.localmosci> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 5cc02066-4840-49ac-ae9f-29c13b3a5c4d X-Archives-Hash: 9e4d6c4872a4ec7cc3e0e2c68ec1637b On Wed, 2002-02-20 at 07:59, =C1rni =DEorvar=F0arson wrote: > Hi there >=20 > I heard about you at linux.org and used the link to your web site. =20 >=20 > I have lookt at the installation instructions but it is not mentiond what= is > the absolout minimum amount of RAM. The reasone for my question is beaca= use > I have some old systems (486 dx2 with only 16mb of RAM) and I would like = to > try Gentoo. =20 Hi! I have Gentoo running on an old Micron Transport Pentium laptop w/ 16 Mb of ram. Note: I was generous when allocating swap space on the hard disk :). This laptop runs better than ever, optimizing for PI makes a huge difference (anecdotal, my perception no numbers to back that up :) And Yes!, I can fire up a gnome session when I want although I normally work from the command-line on this machine. Probably the bigger issue is not the amount of ram, but how much hard disk space you have. This laptop has a 2 Gb harddrive. I have to be diligent in my monitoring of free disk space (cleaning up /var/tmp/portage and such ) because builds will fail if you run out, glibc in all its internationalized glory is a hog when compiling for example. If possible, I would suggest building packages on a faster machine with more resources and transfering rather than try and compile everything on the old machines. Regards, tod