Not enough memory to install RedHat 7.2?

ArsPolitica

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I have an old comuter that I salvaged before it got thrown away. After finally figuring out how to bypass the cmos password, I went to install RedHat 7.2 and got a not enough RAM error.

There are 16mb, in there. I know RAM is cheap, but I don't really want to go through the hastle of getting some old 72 pin simm's. I'm not at all concerned with performance. Is there any way to get around this requirement? I don't really want to try another Distro, cause I'm trying to simulate my web server.

Thanks,
Cameron
 

Priit

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Well, you can install RH 7.2 into HDD in some other machine, throw everything unneeded out and put HDD back into box with 16Mb RAM.
 

Nothinman

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Run the install in text mode, or use a distro with a skinnier installer like Debian or Slackware.