[CentOS] Re: Running CentOS on very old hardware

Alfred von Campe wrote:
> A friend has an old Pentium-133 laptop with 32MB of memory and a 1.3 GB 
> hard disk that he wants to use as a web server for a very small 
> community.  Will CentOS (or any other RHEL derived distribution for that 
> matter) install and run with acceptable performance on such a system, or 
> will a specialized distribution like Damn Small Linux be a better 
> choice?  In this case, disk space is not a big concern so getting the 
> smallest footprint is not a high priority.
> 
> Alfred

I would worry about the RAM. I am running my family server on a PII 266 
with 256 of ram. No issues. I have a backup/test server which is a 133 
with 64 of ram. No GUI on either of these systems though.

Doug