Re: Red Hat Linux 9 requirements

["T. Ribbrock" <emgaron gmx net>]

On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 03:05:09PM -0800, Cliff Wells wrote:

[P200/64MB recommended for text-mode]

> It's probably just for the install.  7.3 and 8.0 were the same way. 
> After the install feel free to remove "extra" memory ;)

I doubt it's the install, as it's "recommended", not "minimum". I'm
just wondering what that "recommended" is based on.
But even for installing: A text-mode install should use minimal
resources, IMO. RHL4.2/5.2 installed on 8MB machines in text-mode -
and the installed has not improved *that* much since as to warrant the
extra horsepower required, IMO. On the other hand, I don't expect this
to change anymore, as RH is clearly going the "business" direction,
with home users as an afterthought. Makes sense moneywise, of course.

[...]
> Running 8.0 on a P133 64MB as a firewall.

Good to know that's still possible. Though, when my firewall still was
just a firewall, a 486 or a Sparc IPX would suffice. :-)

Cheerio,

Thomas
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