On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 11:29:11PM +0100, Lo'oRiS il Kabukimono wrote: > i can't boot linux using my IIci. > i'm using the macinstall.tar.gz downloaded some days ago, tried both under > system 7.6 (on hard disk) and system 7.5.3 (floppy). > i tried both the included penguin19 and penguin17. > > the problem is this: > often it simply won't boot saying that can't allocate enough ram (is 8MB > really too few?).
Usually not, but make sure to disable unused control panels and other stuff. Else, those could take up too much RAM, making it unavailable for Linux. -- wouter at grep dot be "Human knowledge belongs to the world" -- From the movie "Antitrust"

