MESSAGE
| DATE | 2004-07-23 |
| FROM | Michael Richardson
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| SUBJECT | RE: [hangout] RAM for Suse 9.1
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How much ram and swap space do you have?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Milo [mailto:slavik914-at-mrbrklyn.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 12:55 PM
> To: Inker, Evan; 'Mike Richardson - NYLXS PRESIDENT'; Ruben Safir
> Secretary NYLXS
> Cc: hangout-at-nylxs.com
> Subject: RE: [hangout] RAM for Suse 9.1
>
>
> The problem I'm having is trying to install it on a machine with w2k on
> it.
> The machine is an HP Brio, I installed Suse 8.1 with no problems.
> There are two hard drives in this machine, w2k is sitting on the first
> hard
> drive. The second hd is is a 20gb with about 5gb partitioned for win.
>
> When I try to install the X gui fails and I am presented with a plain
> gui.
> I go through the packages, etc if the packages start installing it will
> fail,
> the machine will freeze.
> I dont recall the exact error message but when the kernel boots HDC is
> detected as a 6gb hard drive. I have seen some websites say that I
> should
> pass the HD parameters to the kernel at boot time. Doing that solved
> nothing.
> I have also read that I should wipe both hard drives clean partition
> them both
> with fdisk then install w2k and 9.1. That option may not be possible, I
> dont
> have anything to back this stuff onto.
>
> I probably should up the RAM the HD thrashes even when running w2k.
>
> Steve M
>
> On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 13:11:02 +0100, Inker, Evan wrote
> > >From my experience, 256 MB RAM and 384 MB SWAP work fine on a P3 550
> CPU
> >
> > The following requirements should be met to ensure a smooth
> > operation of SUSE LINUX:
> >
> > Processor
> > Intel: Celeron, Pentium(r) to Pentium(r) 4, Xeon(r), EMT64(r)
> > AMD: K6/II/III, Duron(tm), Athlon(tm), Athlon(tm) XP/MP, Athlon 64(tm)
> >
> > Main memory
> > At least 128 MB are required for the installation with YaST2 in
> graphical
> > mode; 256 MB recommended
> >
> > Hard disk
> > 400 MB to more than 2 GB (Personal Edition) or 6 GB (Professional
> > Edition) for the installation of all packages; 2 GB or more
> recommended
> >
> > Graphics cards / Sound cards
> > Most modern sound and graphics cards are supported.
> >
> > Digital cameras and memory sticks
> > Most modern USB digital cameras and memory sticks are automatically
> > recognized and supported.
> >
> > ISA plug & play cards
> > ISA plug & play cards may have to be configured manually.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Evan M. Inker (New York) x. 4615
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mike Richardson - NYLXS PRESIDENT [mailto:miker-at-mrbrklyn.com]
> > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 5:32 AM
> > To: Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS
> > Cc: Steve Milo; hangout-at-nylxs.com
> > Subject: Re: [hangout] RAM for Suse 9.1
> >
> > I have 192mb on a Althon XP 1.4 Ghz cpu. 512mb swap.
> >
> > On Fri, 23 Jul 2004, Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Not sure
> > >
> > > What does it say on the web site?
> > >
> > > Ruben
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 01:18:35AM -0500, Steve Milo wrote:
> > > >
> > > > How much RAM does Suse 9.1 need to be installed on a Celeron?
> > > >
> > > > I have 158 on the machine in front of me.
> > > >
> > > > Steve M
> > > >
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