Re: [SLE] installing suse with 64 mb
From: Ken Schneider (suse-list_at_bout-tyme.net)
Date: 02/17/05
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To: SuSE email list <suse-linux-e@suse.com> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 12:51:44 -0500
On Thu, 2005-02-17 at 12:22, blabla wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I've got an old toshiba satellite laptop and want to put suse 9.2
> fluxbox, abiword and other smallish apps on it.
>
> However, before I can get to install I am told that the system does not
> have enough memory to run yast and needs a swap.
>
> Since 64 mb is not enough to run knoppix or mephis I am unsure how to
> proceed (that is get the swap set up).
>
> I tried gentoo for a laugh but stumbled straight away at fdisk /dev/hda
> (unable to seek on /dev/hda).
>
> Can I still try Suse or should I go for another distro? if so, any
> recommendations?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Ingo
If you can boot into rescue mode you should be able to create a swap
partition that way.
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