2K on a K5

[plastick]

Will windows 2000 run on a K5 system? ...I think this k5 has been updated or something..anyway, it has 16MB of ram, with a 15Gb hard drive... I forget the processor.. probably what the k5 had when it was bought. Anyway, I dont want to do much with it, just install 2k and have it on a network.

 

[stash]

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/professional/evaluation/sysreqs/default.asp

 

[plastick]

Well, maybe 16 meg of ram will cut it anyway...

 

[Sunner]

No.
No way.
Not a chance.
That's a fact.
Don't bother.

In short: no, it won't cut it by a long shot.

 

[stash]

Lol, yeah that 64Mb minimum is just an arbitrary number

 

[yelo333]

More ram, and it will go...I was running win311 on that sorta setup for a bit(although, 32mb of ram), and it FLIES. we're talking <10 seconds from flipping the switch to a full win 3.11 desktop, 4 to actually load windows...2 when windows has to reboot.

Although, I trashed that, and went for slackware linux, where it still flew, just boot was more like 1.5 min...

 

[Matt84]

Running W2k on a K5 where the fastest version topped out at PR166 (116Mhz) would not be a good idea. Run is not the word, hang on I got it now. C-R-A-W-L is what w2K would do on a K5

 

[videobruce]

I once tried 32mb with a 700 Slot A and it worked, but really slow while the HDD thrashed around swapping out data.

 

[videobruce]

duplicate

 

[Abzstrak]

Originally posted by: videobruce
I once tried 32mb with a 700 Slot A and it worked, but really slow while the HDD thrashed around swapping out data.

You'll eventually get harddrive corruption and delayed write data errors.... its just wont work

 

[Bassyhead]

sorry, it wont work

 

[CTho9305]

Originally posted by: Abzstrak

Originally posted by: videobruce
I once tried 32mb with a 700 Slot A and it worked, but really slow while the HDD thrashed around swapping out data.

You'll eventually get harddrive corruption and delayed write data errors.... its just wont work

Only if you have defective hardware. Functioning hardware won't cause corruption just because it gets strenuously used. (Unless you mean over a period of years towards the EOL of the drive)

 

[jhu]

add more ram and it will work