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Re: zRAM for the Alternate Install?

 

Hi Jackson,

I suggest that you test the desktop installer in one of your old
machines at 256 MB RAM with and without swap to disk (prepared before
the installer is started).

It is valuable to have several test results to find good and bad
properties of zRAM, and to have more data for the new recommended
minimum RAM size.

Best regards
Nio

ps/
I just managed to finish the installation at 256 MB RAM from a
'grub-n-iso' USB drive into a Pentium M computer without the PAE flag.
/ds

On 2013-06-19 02:01, Jackson Doak wrote:
> really, i can test anything before 2008
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) <amjjawad@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:amjjawad@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>     On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 3:55 AM, Jackson Doak <noskcaj@xxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:noskcaj@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>         If you need testing on something below 128mb, let me know, i
>         have access to a warehouse of ancient PCs
> 
> 
>     Thank you so much for this offer but I do not think it worth the
>     time and the effort.
>     Lubuntu will be installed on that, IMHO. I have installed it on P2
>     with 64MB RAM using the Mini ISO method.
> 
>     With 128MB RAM, you can't do anything. You can't even use a browser.
>     The system will be not usable, even with zRAM, I don't expect much.
> 
>     However, if you guys are interested, we can do that but ... let's
>     NOT make it a priority :)
> 
> 
>      
>     -- 
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> 
>     *Best Regards,*
>     *amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/>*
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>     /*
>     */
>     /*Test Machine1*: ASUS F3F Laptop - Intel Core Duo T2350 @ 1.86GHz
>     with 489MB RAM/
>     /*Test Machine 2:* Desktop - Intel P4 Hyper Threading (2 Logical
>     CPUs) @3GHz - 512MB DDR 200MHz RAM/
> 
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