Chapter 1. Before Installation

The Turbolinux installer, being able to automatically detect many hardware devices and equipped with simple and user-friendly GUI, allows you to complete installation just by following the installer steps and making settings. However, preparations before installation are necessary and important steps for completing installation smoothly. This chapter describes items to be checked before installation.

1.1. Recommended system requirements

The following table shows the system requirements for installation of Turbolinux FUJI. Turbolinux FUJI may not operate as quickly as you want it to if you install it on a low-performance computer. Be sure to install Turbolinux FUJI on an computer of fairly high performance.

Table 1-1. System requirements

	System requirements (Recommended)	Remarks
CPU	Intel x86 compatible processor, Pentium III or similar (min. 1 GHz recommended)	Supporting Hyper-Threading technology with Dual Core
RAM	Min. 64MB (256MB recommended)
HDD	IDE/SCSI HD 3GB (5GB of disk space recommended)
Video card	VGA	A video card supported by X.Org 6.8.2
Device from which the installer can be started	IDE(ATAPI)/SCSI CD-ROM or floppy disk drive

Turbolinux FUJI does not support a device to be connected to the ISA bus. ISA is considered a legacy bus by now. We recommend that you purchase PCI-connected cards in order to avoid troubles.