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how to install tinycore into a RAM 32mb PC?
danielibarnes:
My experimentation indicates that Micro Core requires 28MB and Tiny Core requires 48 MB. The embed and nozswap parameters do not have any effect on this limit. However, free memory is available (about 12MB and 22MB respectively) when booting with these minimums, so there is enough memory for simple tasks. This limit might be lowered by removing unneeded files from the initramfs, but I did not test that.
gerald_clark:
Where do you find a machine with 28M of RAM?
tinypoodle:
see also this thread:
http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=6984.0
Frank:
--- Quote from: gerald_clark on March 01, 2011, 09:00:38 AM ---Where do you find a machine with 28M of RAM?
--- End quote ---
Emulation.
danielibarnes:
I created a VMware ESXi VM. Results may vary with Qemu, other virtualization methods, or real hardware. I installed Tiny Core 3.5 to a virtual HDD, and I am running it in only 24MB (including X). Without X, I can boot with 20MB. There may be techniques to get it to run with less. It used to boot in only 16MB.
Summary: You can run Tiny Core in 32MB if you do a scatter mode installation with grub.
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