Installation on a PC with 8 MB RAM

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SuSE Linux: Versions up to (including) 6.4
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Request:

You would like to install SuSE Linux on a PC with 8 MB RAM.

Procedure:

Please proceed the installation on your system as normal until one is asked to switch to the second console to establish the swap memory.

Please switch to the second console by the use of the key combination Alt+F2.

1. Start the program fdisk with: fdisk /dev/hdX  (X is your harddrive
   e.g. hda = 1. IDE Controller Master device)
2. Press "n" to create a new partition
3. Change the IDs of the partitions using the key "t" and enter "82" for Linux swap.
4. Quit the program fdisk with "q"
5. Change into the directory /sbin with cd /sbin
6. Now call up "mkswap /dev/hdXY" (Y is the partition you have just created)
7. Type in "sync"
8. and afterwards "swapon /dev/hdXY"
9. Switch back to the first console with the key combination Alt+F1
10. Confirm the appearing message with "enter"

Keywords: INSTALLATION, 4MB, 8MB, MINIMALINSTALLATION, MINIMUM CONDITIONS, 486

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