Leon Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
> > Matias Griese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >> I've tried to install Mdk 7.2 on two computers which both have only
> >> 32M of RAM (image was network.img). In both signal 9 is received after
> >> loading mdkinst_stage2.gz.
>
> > I got it now. You probably used the FTP install, which does not support
> > such low meme configuration anymore (use of a ramdisk is mandatory).
>
> Splutter!? Over 32MB for an _installer_? )-: Just how much RAM does a ``normal''
> CD or hd install need?
Try it with Redhat you'll have the same problem. Graphical installers eat
memory. (much). sorry. So do higher-level language installers such as Perl
or Python-based.
> My gateway (running mdk 7.1 with kernel recompiled for no FPU) only has 12MB all
> up (and 250MB HDD). It would be nice if there was a boot-up or selectable option
> to use a /tmp-to-be partition or similar as a temporary install disk in
> ``low''-RAM situations.
Being pentium-optimised do not target us to very low-end machines
anymore..
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Guillaume Cottenceau -- Distribution Developer for MandrakeSoft
http://us.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
