Linux on old laptop

Mon Sep 27 18:43:36 UTC 2004

> The one tip I'd give is that installing on low-RAM machines needs lots
> of swap: last time I tried, I needed at least 160 MB. Try again with
> more swap.
>
> James.

For the really old machines, anaconda will be very blunt and tell you to get
more ram, then reboot.

This is fine when you are trying to do a graphical install on a 486, but does
it really need to do this when you type "linux rescue" ?