Re: is 486DX2-66 powerful enough for Redhat 4.0?

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From: motk MonkeysOnTheKnees
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 00:00

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In <32927cc9.2316439@NewsServer.cc.monash.edu.au>, bjlig1@silas.cc.monash.edu.au (Dark Knight) writes:
>I'm trying to get Redhat 4.0 to install on my old 486DX2-66 8MB.
>will I  have an acceptable speed? X-Window is not that important to me
>....yet

It should be fine, as long as you have a nice big slab of swap - say 16 Meg
or so. The big test is compiling the kernel, and how much sig-11-ing it does.

>Cheers, ;-)
>Dark Knight!

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Rob Kearey                     motk@powerup.com.au
Bipedal Mammal                  Sodomy non Sapiens
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From: motk@powerup.com.au@powerup.com.au (MonkeysOnTheKnees)
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