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Mar 22, 2011

I have an very old computer who I want to have som a server. The OS who is installed now i Windows 95.

Hardware:
- MMX 200 Mhz
- 160 Mb Ram
- 2113 MB HDD (bad shape)
- Network card 10/100
- 2 USB 1.0
- CD
- Floppy

I wonder if I can install debian on it with a CD, who install it on a 16 GB USB-stick 2.0.

I wonder to if i can make so Debian takes like 20 MB in Ram or less? I will run it textbased.

I'd seen here that Debian must have at least 64 MB in Ram http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i ... n#id321935

But it's that true? I want a Debian who take ram like Damn Small linux.

The computer shall have ONE function. Run a tiny python script. It will read over 200 pages every 30:e second textbased. Thats what the python program will do. I must have internet connections.

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