Installing and using BasicLinux

mioche · 08-20-2003, 10:26 AM

Hello,

I'm actually trying to install BasicLinux but it seem to run totallyon RAM and not on HD... But I'd want to install it as an OS in order to add X and gcc... How To????

By the way, I'm looking for an available link to download X and gcc

Thanks for help

GhostInDarkness · 08-20-2003, 10:29 AM

I'm not at all familiar with BasicLinux or even to my knowledge, of that distro existing. But if you tried it and it run s on ram and you want something to run off the harddrive, sounds like you want to try a different distro. Mandrake and Red Hat are good starter distros. And if you add the option within the install it automatically adds X and gcc to the file system.

Nice easy gui for installation and very noobie friendly. I hear debian and slackware are a lil more advanced but still not too complicated.

ksgill · 08-20-2003, 10:31 AM

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis...ions/baslinux/
read it carefully, its all in there.

mioche · 08-20-2003, 10:41 AM

Well, I'm familiar with RH and Mandrake, but I need something that runs on a p75Mhz 16Mo ram..... far under Mandrake requirement.

I already knew the link to BasicLinux sites... but it's possible that I haven't seen everything...... just checking