I don't understand to well what are you trying to achieve. Is there a reason why can't you just replace it with newer used one which will be couple dozens times more powerful and cost like nothing on e-bay?
The answer is at the begin:
Hi,
we have 50 Old! PC that boot by DOS and connect to a Central PC (Unix OS) and use from a COBOL Software by command
These PC have not H.D.D and have 32MB Ram Only!
He want to use machines he already have. (and messing with old pcs is fun!)
Anyway, I would do it using elinks - I dont see the reason to put the use of a graphical browser like a requirement on such an old machine
]]>As a real usage machine for GUI web browsing it will be real PITA. I was recently browsing internet on P4 with 256MB and it was doable but painful.
I don't understand to well what are you trying to achieve. Is there a reason why can't you just replace it with newer used one which will be couple dozens times more powerful and cost like nothing on e-bay?
]]>I also have a 32M old laptop, but I dont have the power addaptor, or I would have tested! lol surffin the web in it with links would be fun!
]]>What are your specs?
Yes, we have very clear the 32Mb part, but, what processor it has? Do you have the brand and model of the cpu?
I realized is interesting this DOS machine that has usb ports, no HD and 32Mb ram only
Edit: All data in KiB.
]]>I second the suggestion for slitaz, which comes with midori as the default browser.
]]>Arch is not optimized in regards to ram usage at all, you are much better off with some other distro.
Hi
what's your suggestion?
I search for Fastest,Lightweight Linux that install on Flash and need to 32M Ram(Max Need)
I found some distribution like:
Slax
Arch
Puppy
SliTaz
Tiny Core Linux
I should format a Flash format to swap for use as virtual memory for use Firefox 0.8!
Because IE use 20M Ram or Firefox 17 use 150M Ram
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Be … ion_medium
Note: The memory requirement for a basic install is 64 MB of RAM.
And an untranslated bit, that was apparently removed from the installation guide (I don't know why), used to say:
Arch Linux is optimized for i686 and x86_64 processors and therefore will not run on any lower or incompatible generations of x86 CPUs (i386, i486 or i586). A Pentium Pro, Pentium II or AMD Athlon (K7) processor or higher is required. (technically, cpu's without the cmov instruction such as AMD K6 and via C3 are also i686, but we use gcc and it uses cmov instructions) Before installing Arch Linux, you should decide which installation method you would like to use.
Source: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Of … hitectures
]]>Can i use Flash as Virtual memory(for increase Ram)?
Sure, is called swap
But your flash stick will die fast that way. Mostly because the low ram will require you to use the swap area a lot.
If you mean something like ReadyBoost from the windows world, there is not something like that on linux... and it wont do what you think. (is more for cache of files, as far as I know)
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