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sindi keesan wrote:
>
> Computers with pcmcia and ethernet and cdrom 
> drives probably have at least 12MB RAM 

That's not correct.  I've owned three laptops with 
PCMCIA slots and 4mb RAM.  I've found ISA network 
cards and CDrom drives in PCs with as little as 
2mb RAM.  
 
> I will see what I can do to make BL3 work 
> better in 8MB RAM from 2 floppy disks

With 8mb RAM your best course of action is to
use the DOS version of BL3.  That leaves your
entire 8mb free for use.

> root filesystem is a selected set of files that you 
> need in order to run a minmal linux 

Not really.  A root filesystem might contain a selected
set of files that you need in order to run a minimal
Linux.  But that is not the definition of a root 
filesystem.  Do you understand what a filesystem is?

> I don't think I should automatically install disk2.tgz 
> in the computer with 8MB RAM because it will install to 
> /dev/ram1 

Not necessarily.  Only the /usr/X11R6 directory (and sub-
directories) is on /dev/ram1.  Files going into other 
directories will not sit on /dev/ram1

Cheers,
Steven

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