Low memory causing issues.

[Tyson_]

I would like to install a nice easy to use kernel on my old laptop for terminal/educational purposes, the laptop specs are as below.

Model/Make: KTX 1000
CPU- 200Mhz Pentium MMX
31.7Mb RAM
VGA, CD-ROM etc.

I have tried to install a few distros including the new xubuntu/debian grub(which failed)/slackware 10.1 and still I am getting errors that my little 31Mbs of RAM is insufficient. I guess what I would like to know is where can I find out how to install just the kernel or maybe even a really light low mem distro with gNOME or KDE so I can have the desktop functionality.


Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Tyson.

[daark.child]

Its probably impossible to run KDE or GNOME where you have such low memory. The problem is not the kernel here, but the distro. You need a distro like Puppy Linux or Damn Small Linux. Other distros may install fine, but you would need to install lightweight Window managers such as fluxbox instead of KDE or GNOME.

[Tyson_]

I have heard of DSLinux before but I have never tested it out on this machine, but tonight I will be looking into both these suggestions.

Thanks for the help!