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dw

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From: Vienna, Austria

Registered: 2006-11-25

Posts: 160

[solved] old laptop - ram requirement

hi everybody, i found an old pressario laptop having 128mb ram. the wiki states that memory requirements to install arch are 128mb to perform a netinstall. so far so good. unfortunately, it seems as if only 122mb ram in this laptop are "useable" and detected. therefore, i can't seem to boot any current install usb-image.

my question: are there anywhere images flying around where the memory requirement to perform an installation is less than 128mb? or is it possible to create a custom installation cd (archiso, larch?) with less requirements? anyone?

Last edited by dw (2010-04-27 14:35:20)

Zeist

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Registered: 2008-07-04

Posts: 532

Re: [solved] old laptop - ram requirement

You can use the lowmem parameter to make the installer it work on 96MB+ ram I think.

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karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: [solved] old laptop - ram requirement

IIRC If you don't have a dedicated graphics card, you may have less RAM detected and 'usable'.
USB images may not work, you should try good ol' CD isos.

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Do we provide isolinux-based iso images?

dw

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From: Vienna, Austria

Registered: 2006-11-25

Posts: 160

Re: [solved] old laptop - ram requirement

solved. i manged to get arch up and running using the isolinux iso burnt on cd. thx karol!