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Problems installing on low memory system

Asked by Mechung20

I AM A COMPLETE BEGINNER so please speak some english to me.....i have an NEC ready 9856 system with windows 98 on it i tried the ubuntu 7.04 and the alternative cd both with the same problem...."bin/sh tty jobs control turned off" WHAT the hell am i doing wrong could someone please tell me!!! also it says memory is very low should i be using a different linux os being that my comp is so old??? IF anyone would like to help me i would be glad to send you some money if you could get me up and running can call me at 662 251 1635 Thanks - Josh also my processor is a CYRIX1L-300 also have 32mb ram please HELP ME!!!

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Saša Bodiroža (jazzva) said : 		#1

For system requirements visit [1]. I suppose you can try Xubuntu and see if it will work. If that doesn't work, try with Damn Small Linux [2].

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https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements

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http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

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jhansonxi (jhansonxi) said : 		#2

Try DeLi Linux (http://delili.lens.hl-users.com) or look for other minimalist distributions here: http://www.linux.org/dist/list.html

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cablop (cablop) said : 		#3

Puppy Linux will work too, your memory systems requirements are too small even for Windows 98, you must use Windows 95 instead...

About Linux, Use Damn Small Linux (DSL), Puppy Linux, DeLi or search for a small version of Ubuntu for legacy computers, i forgot the name... let me search for it here... "ubuntulite" but is not officially supported

Xubuntu will work with 64 MB, but you cannot use desktop CD to install it, you must use the alternate install CD, and install it the old way of linux instalations, but as any other ubuntu installation, that's easy.

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