[Novalug] how install linux on old pc with 64mb RAM

Jay Hart jhart@kevla.org
Thu Mar 15 07:37:56 EDT 2007



> On Wed, 14 Mar 2007, Navjeet wrote:
>
>> I would like to install a lightweight linux distro (DSL, Knoppix etc.) on an
>> old PC with 64 MB RAM. The PC does have a cdrom but I cannot find anything
>> in the the BIOS (Award bios) to make it boot from cdrom. I am not sure if
>> upgrading the bios (if available) can enable this feature. It does have a
>> 3.5" floppy drive. What are possible options for me given this hardware.

Boot from floppy, then use the floppy to boot the rest of the OS from the CDROM during install.

>> Also would it realistic to run x windows on this hardware?

Yes you could do this.

Jay
>
> To what purpose are you attempting to use this old PC with 64 megabytes of
> RAM?
>
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