knoppix question

[Brian Densmore]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leo Mauler
> 
> --- lerninlinux at comcast.net wrote:
> 
> > I have taken old parts and assembled a test system, 
> > I would like to know if Knoppix will boot into 256
> > mb of memory only.  No hard drive, no floppy.   I am
> > wanting to use it as a test station for hard drives,
> > (checking if they are bad and fdisking and such).  
> 
> The short answer is "yes".  The stated minimum for the
> GUI is 80MB, 128MB for using any Office applications
> (such as OpenOffice).  I think 64MB allows you to boot
> into text mode.  256MB is ample RAM for running
> KNOPPIX.
> 
64 MB needed for text only mode Linux!? That is an insane number!
Text only Linux should be able to run in 4MB, or even 1 MB. Or hey
how about in 64KB? Or <shudder> even 16KB?

Nobody will ever need more than 1MB of RAM...


JMHO,
Brian D.