Re: [Rule-list] Greetings

[Kerry]

I would also like to help. I can build RPMS and write documentation. Let me
know if you need me.

Kerry "Rob" Robertson

Martin Stricker wrote:

> Welcome aboard, Atakan!
>
> Atakan Gurkan wrote:
>
> > I am trying to teach myself python nowadays.
>
> So you might be able to help unfolding the mysteries of Red Hat's Python
> scripting with regard to the installer...
>
> > Although the machine in my office is a high end pentium4, I have a
> > somewhat lesser capable 133Mhz pentium classic with 64MB of RAM at
> > home.
>
> Red Hat Linux itself will happily install as long as 32 MB RAM are
> present. But you can restrict the usage of RAM by telling the kernel
> only to use, say, 16 MB by typing
> mem=16M
> at the boot prompt. That's the way I'll have to go myself since my
> low-memory machine will have 2x16 = 32 MB RAM, and since it's EDO RAM I
> cannot pull out one of them.
>
> > I guess I can use it as a testbed for RULE or components of RULE. But,
> > I understand this project has no lower limit on resources.
>
> The Linux kernel needs at least a 386 Intel-compatible CPU and some
> memory. I don't know how much is really needed, for *really* low-memory
> systems you are better off with a 2.2 kernel instead of 2.4.
>
> > I cannot spend a lot of time on this project. I think I can afford a
> > couple of hours every week or so. I never participated in a project
> > like this before, I hope for the best.
>
> We need testers. Download the installer ISO image (about 280 MB, I hope
> you can use the university's line) from
> http://webpages.charter.net/lmf62/ , burn it on a CD or put it on the
> hard disk for harddisk install, and install it with different mem=...
> boot options. Then tell us how it went, if the system is usable and into
> what difficulties you ran. I'll do the same on monday when I can
> download it at work (my dial-up connection would take 14 hours, costing
> a fortune ;-) ). The more tests we can do the more possible problems can
> be found.
>
> Best regards,
> Martin Stricker
> --
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