I dont have the ram I want on my system now but I want to install linux. Im wondering if i install suse with 256 mb ram now and then change the memory size later. Will it hurt anything or will it confuse my hard disk in any way?
On Mon, 17 Sep 2012 20:16:01 +0000, errigour wrote:
> I dont have the ram I want on my system now but I want to install linux.
> Im wondering if i install suse with 256 mb ram now and then change the
> memory size later. Will it hurt anything or confuse my hard disk in any
> way?
Adding memory won’t hurt anything (it’ll help things), and won’t affect
your hard drive at all as the two are largely unrelated.
Jim
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gratsi
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On 09/17/2012 10:16 PM, errigour wrote:
> 256 mb
Jims reply is correct as far as it goes…let me add: since you are
asking in the openSUSE forums i assume you intend to install a current
copy of openSUSE…and, since you didn’t say otherwise i assume you
intend to install a desktop environment…
if those assumptions are correct then i think you should first refer to
paragraph 1.2 in this doc
http://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/html/openSUSE/opensuse-startup/art.osuse.installquick.html
where you will see that the minimum RAM for satisfactory operation of
openSUSE 12.2 is 512 MB, and the recommended is 1 GB–so, one of two
things are gonna bite you:
-
may not have enough RAM to even install openSUSE, and/or
-
if you are able to make an install you must brace yourself and be
prepared for a slow slow slow system (because it will be constantly
thrashing the hard drive moving bits in and out of /swap
in those cases your alternatives would be to upgrade to recommended
hardware or choose a much “lighter” Linux distribution…like Puppy or DSL…
on the other hand i’m pretty sure you could run a minimalist text only
server based on openSUSE 12.2 with only 256 MB ram…but, it won’t be
the fastest kid on the block…
And make sure you buy the right RAM for your mainboard!