failed installation with 256 MB RAM

[Sandy Harris]

On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Steve C. Lamb <grey at dmiyu.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 08:03:19PM +0200, M. Fioretti wrote:
>> doesn't this mean that you CAN indeed use the Live CD to install on a
>> 256 MB computer, as long as you start installation straight from the
>> boot screen, ie without loading X, Gnome and what not?
>
>    FWIW I did install KUbuntu 8.04 on my laptop which only has 256Mb of
> memory.  I went straight to install and not "try first".

Xubuntu 8.04 on a 256 meg 500 MHz laptop, installed straight from boot
screen. Works fine except Open Office induces heavy thrashing.