[ILUG] Linux with 1mb of ram

[James Cosgrove]

Small Linux is designed to boot in 2 meg http://smalllinux.netpedia.net/
you'll also find tinyX files there.  Alternatives are the likes of muLinux,
tom's root 'n' boot or picoBSD but they all need at least 8 meg 'cos they
run in ram.

----- Original Message -----
From: "John P . Looney" <john at antefacto.com>
To: <ilug at linux.ie>
Cc: "Wesley Walsh" <wwalsh at gofree.indigo.ie>
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 9:47 AM
Subject: Re: [ILUG] Linux with 1mb of ram


> On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 12:25:39AM +0000, Niall O Broin mentioned:
> > Not a hope in hell, I'm afraid. The minimum stated memory for Linux has
> > always been about 4M though I've had it running on a 386SX16 with 3.5M
> > and I think I've seen reports of very stripped down kernels running in
> > less than 3M of RAM. I don't think any current distribution will install
> > with less than 32M of RAM, although Linux will run with much less (the
> > distribution install programs have become quite big). If you want to
> > experiment with Linux, you'll be able to pick up a low-end Pentium which
> > would be more than adequate for about £100 or so.
>
>  I remember in the 1.3 days, they said that you could run those kernels in
> 2M of RAM. There were howto's on the subject. Stuff like "Remove IDE and
> any sort of fixed-disk support, and get a second floppy drive that you can
> use to swap to". But, to be honest, it's like trying to get the knickers
> off a nun (very hard, and arguably not work the effort).
>
> Kate
>