Try FreeBsd, I could not get Redhat installed on any Compaq.
Gary
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From: slug@lists.nks.net [mailto:slug@lists.nks.net] On Behalf Of steve
Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 12:02 PM
To: slug@nks.net
Subject: Re: [SLUG] In need of dire help for Installing Linux on Compaq
2500 R
On Saturday 03 August 2002 01:06, Ranjan Sharma wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just got a comapq 2500R with pentium 200Mhz dual
processor
> 256MB ram. 5 4.3GB SCSI-3 Hard Disk controlled by Smart 2-DH
> controller in RAID-5. I was trying to install Redhat 7.3 on it. Which
> dies saying not enough ram. Serached google found some other people
> saying that. Now if any one else tried this and succesed so please
> let me know. Other wise is their a way to install Suse/Debian without
> connecting to internet i mean during the installation. Or should i
> try any other distribution. I want to make this as a Router/Mail
> Server/Firewall/IMAP Server No X is required.
> Although this has two ether net card on it. I don't want to
> put this on internet without configuting everyhitng. I have another
> pc which is running my mailserver so can not afford to connect to
> internet for installation.
>
> Bye
> ranjan
Whereas I used to have a 486 doing just that, it was back in earlier
days where the typical machine was a Pentium 90. The newer distro's all
require 64MB for the installer. So you run the install in text mode.
RH 7.3 only needs the first two CD to create a server. SuSE 8.0 needs
more because it's spread out. I don't recommend SuSE for server if you
used RH before. SuSE has not yet gotten into the Linux Standard. If you
are all GUI driven it's not bad but I never install X on my servers,
and SuSE has too much complexity.
Too much other stuff is being installed these days. Even RH needs almost
1G on default server install. I'll go in and strip it down to at least
half.
When you download the iso make sure you run md5 to compare the checksums
before installing. It's very easy to get it corrupted. I had three bad
iso downloads a while ago. They even matched in byte size.
Having said all that, you can use FreeSco.org to create the above (minus
the mail server) on a floppy. If you use OpenBSD it's the best packet
filter around. (And it's install runs fine on 32MB.) Install is all
text but very easy with step by step instructions.
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