chapman@acf4.NYU.EDU (Gary W. Chapman) (06/04/90)
What would be minimal hardware requires to run AIX PS/2 1.2, i.e. amount of RAM, amount of hard disk space? If one runs with 60 megabytes, which I understand to be possible, how squeezed is one?
jackv@turnkey.TCC.COM (Jack F. Vogel) (06/05/90)
In article <40540006@acf4.NYU.EDU> chapman@acf4.NYU.EDU (Gary W. Chapman) writes: >What would be minimal hardware requires to run AIX PS/2 1.2, i.e. amount >of RAM, amount of hard disk space? If one runs with 60 megabytes, which >I understand to be possible, how squeezed is one? Minimum 4 Meg, and this is not like some quoted minimum's I've seen where you try it with 2Meg and it works, this means with 2 Meg the installation system won't work!! As far as disk space, I am not sure if there is a documented minimum (don't have the manuals handy), but if you are planning to run standalone (meaning non-TCF) you better plan to have more than 60! Oh, I imagine you could actually make a bootable system with only that much, but then what would you do with it?? Even 70 is gonna be tight. I would say dual 70's is the bottom end of usability and if you have a model 70 you better have the 120 Meg drive. Disclaimer: I speak for myself, not LCC or IBM. -- Jack F. Vogel jackv@locus.com AIX370 Technical Support - or - Locus Computing Corp. jackv@turnkey.TCC.COM
RAH@IBM.COM ("Russell A. Heise") (07/12/90)
chapman@acf4.NYU.EDU (Gary W. Chapman) writes: > What would be minimal hardware requires to run AIX PS/2 1.2, i.e. amount > of RAM, amount of hard disk space? If one runs with 60 megabytes, which > I understand to be possible, how squeezed is one? The minimum space supported with AIX PS/2 is 44MB of disk space and 3 MB of memory. However, be aware that installing additional applications will increase your disk and memory requirements. For more information, you may want to obtain IBM's announcement #290-186 from your local IBM rep. Under the "Machine Requirements" heading is a long list of requirements for different applications. Russ Heise, AIX Technical Support, IBM rah@ibm.com