Re: AlphaLinux with 16MB RAM?

[Chris Kloiber <ckloiber rochester rr com>]

Marco Shaw wrote:
> 
> I've got a DEC Multia with 16MB of RAM.  I read that the system wouldn't
> even boot with less than 24MB of RAM, but it did.
> 
> Now the system freezes at 'aboot: loading compressed vmlinux.gz'.  Is this
> a RAM issue or am I loading the wrong kernel for this system?
> 
> I admit that getting RAM isn't a bid deal, but I've already spent enough
> on getting this far (Canadian/US exchange and all) that spending another
> $100+ for RAM is my last option.
> 
> Thanks,
> Marco

We tried loading Red Hat 6.0 on a 16 meg, 166Mhz Multia once... 

It took 22 hours to install, but it ran. (OK, crawled :)

I don't recommend it. I have 64 megs in my Multia, and it loads
Red Hat 6.1 in about an hour. Running X isn't too terribly painful.
You'd be much happier with more memory. Until then use the ARC
console. I understand SRM steals about 3 megs all by itself.

Chris Kloiber