Howdy shutdown,


>>
Is it possible to run Knoppix on a PC with 64 MB RAM? I've been using Slackware and now I'd like to check Knoppix, but everytime I boot Knoppix, I receive a message saying that there's not enough RAM
>>

Copy to disk ...

>>
... to run KDE or Office programs
>>

have a look at "fvwm, fluxbox, IceWM" there are alternatives.

>>
KDE works well with my computer using Slackware...
>>

Yeah, Kde is OK, it will run slow with 64 M's, but your cpu hz should help a little there.

I'm opposed to Kde's DM facility. Having a layer between the WM ans X is really just a typical M$ type trick designed to tie everything up into the one context ... read removal of flexability, choice ... read prioritisation. Maintaining state is no argument, thats what ~/.prog_config files are for. Inter-process communications is also a weak argument.


>>
My hard disk is just 4GB large, so no additional partitions... Hmmm...
>>

Hmmmmmm, indeed, i can relate to your situation a lot m8. I think it's radicale that you should still make the attempt. These days one would be hard pressed to find anything to run smoothly without a good chunk of RAM available, and a co-responding chubk of cpu hz. But ... never give up, ah

You, like me, are just going to have to bite the bullet and shell oit a bit on ram and hz ...

>>
Maybe there are special parameters to skip the step of making new partitions or parameters forcing Knoppix to run although there's not enough RAM?
>>

You use the term, new partitions !?, does that mean you already have something installed, well, likely i suppose. That makes the space issue even harder.

* ------- But -----------*

If you hadn't anything else, on your drive. The following would be a reasonable layout.

swap 200Mb --- hda1 (1st partition)

root 300 Gb --- hda2 (2nd partition)

archive whats left at end (3rd partition)


You will need swap, and having it at the beginning of your drive will help with performance a little.

Make the partitions with fdisk, cfdisk from the LiveCD, possibly in console mode as root user.

Just formate a basic ext2 fs, but use a block size of 4096 k, that will likely default any way, but it dosen't hurt to make sure, and cut down on the super-user reserved allocation. The default of 5% is excessive. As space is scant.

mke2fs -b 4096 -m 0 /dev/hda1
mke2fs -b 4096 -m 2 /dev/hda2
mke2fs -b 4096 -m 2 /dev/hda3

block size ---> 4096 K
m 2 ----------> 2% of partition reserved.

As you probably do have something installed ???, the above would need some juggling.

You and me m8, i think we have just gota upgrade


Good Luck,

jm