[Fwd: Re: Question on running Fedora on Apple PPC]

[Ric Moore]

On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 22:37 -0500, Jimmy Bradley wrote:
> email message attachment, "Forwarded message - Re: Question on running
> Fedora on Apple PPC"
> > -------- Forwarded Message --------
> > From: Jimmy Bradley <bmobile40 at bellsouth.net>
> > To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> > Subject: Re: Question on running Fedora on Apple PPC
> > Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:28:36 -0500
> > 
> >    The machine has 256mb of ram. Someone here on the list suggested that
> > I check and make sure that a swap partition had been created during the
> > install. I would have to re-install fedora to know for sure. I might try
> > re-installing Fedora on the weekend, and set the partitions manually,
> > instead auto like I normally do. In order to give you a better
> > description of how the machine acts when I try and run Fedora on it, I'm
> > sure most of you have encountered a windows based machine that's
> > infested with viruses and spyware. You know how when you go to minimize
> > a program on an infested pc, the window will slowly scroll down the
> > screen? That's a good description on how the machine acts. To me, it
> > acts like it's bogged down.
> > Hope this helps.

I couldn't install FC6 on a PIII with 256mb of ram either. I did manage
to install FC5 using command line install, but it's pretty slow and yes,
swap is enabled. Ric

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