Ubuntu on old machine

[Neil]

On 9/1/08, David Vincent <dvincent at sleepdeprived.ca> wrote:
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> HillarP wrote:
> > Ühel kenal päeval (pühapäev, 31. august 2008 18:13) kirjutas Doug Pollard:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>     I have something I want to try later Probably in the spring and am
> >> looking for a couple of opinions.  I would like to put EMC  on an old
> >> computer I have. Right now I am busy with doing video and trying to get
> >> some knowhow with the terminal.  This whole thing is now in the thinking
> >> about stage.   I have a little shop with a lathe and milling machine
> >> that would be fun to run as CNC on Emc.
> >>     The box is a  E-machine  266 MHZ   and 250  megabits of Random
> >> access memory. It has a 4o gig and 60 gig hard drives.  It will boot
> >> from cd.   Will Ubuntu 8.04  install and run on such a machine?  Would I
> >> be better off to try something like Xubuntu or Puppy Linux.  The machine
> >> will be totally dedicated  to EMC.  All other Ubuntu work will be done
> >> on the machine I am presently using.
> >>     I am also keeping my eyes open for a free or really cheap box with a
> >> little more oomff  :-)  the question may be mute.
> >>                                         Thanks for any advice,     Doug
> >
> > Normal Ubuntu need at least 390MB RAM. You can try alternative CD for
> > installation - it should work. Also You may try DamnSmallLinux.
> >
>
> I have an old IBM P2 laptop with 256mb RAM and a 40gig drive - it
> installed 8.04 just fine and runs great for a simple web browsing
> machine.  You do NOT need 384mb RAM for the LiveCD installer to work,
> but it really really really helps and would give you a better desktop
> experience.
>
> You've already got the CD, just give it a shot and see if it will work!
>
> - -d
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I do not know wether EMC is able to run from terminal, but if it can
it might help to kill the gui with the command: "init 3" I belive it
is (not sure). If the GUI is killed there is some more memory
available, since the GUI doesn't have to remain there. This should
make 256 meg seem like a large amount.

The only problem you have is that you will have to install using the
GUI and that process wil be slooooow as hell. Then again, once it
runs, why should you need to enter the GUI (assuming the EMC PC is
only running the milling machine, and gets the data on what to do from
a faster PC).

Interresting project, and I would surely love to hear wether you
succeded (and how)

Neil

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