[Solved] Installing on a Dell Optiplex GX110

[katie]

I just finished installing PCLinuxOS 2009.2 on a Dell Optiplex GX110 with 40 GigHD, 384 MegRAM, PIII 600+ processor.  It runs great, but I would assume Phoenix (Xfce) would be less processor intensive-- Now I would like to install Phoenix (Xfce) on an identical machine, however the one I have available has an 8 GigHD & 256 MegRAM.

What are the minimum specs for Phoenix (Xfce)?

Is this configuration enough to do anything productive??

(Also, Sproggy-- thanks for all your help on the other install, too).
katie

[Hootiegibbon]

katie,

you should be good to go, I have installed phoenix on lesser hardware.

you might need the 'noscsi' and 'ide=nodma' boot codes.

Jase

[katie]

heya Katie ...
the boot codes Hootie provided should help in installing that machine ...
the specs are great ... i think you might be surprised how well it work with that much resource
Kori

That black on black is hard for these tired eyes to read-- is there a cure??

The install went well- I used the "noscsi" code and didn't need  'ide=nodma'.  (Also, the VESA was picked up from the install selection, so I didn't need to go back and do that later). Very nice install- great opening graphics.  Seems to run quick. 

I didn't do the Update (as I would normally do on a fresh install) as I read that they were seeding the repositories for 2010-- hopefully I can do that in a couple days.
This machine is a little less than I imagined:
PIII 500 (not 600+ as the others 2 are)
Memory  256 MegRAM
Found an unused 20 GigHD  (so, pluses and minuses from my original estimation). 

I was able to pull the smaller drives with Win2K (& save for spares).

I assume that the top and bottom bars are separated for some programming reason- it does take up a bit of real estate-- but such a neat front-end.

Thanks for all the work you have done to bring this to the community
katie