On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Marino wrote: > > i'm trying to install debian 2.2 on a laptop compaq contura 400CX with a > 256MB hd and 8MB ram. i made a swap partition of 32MB. i fetched my base > system via http and it was downloaded succesfully but while trying to extract > it i receive the following message: > VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd > and i can't go on. > what is wrong? > i'll appreciate any help > p.s.: i was told to use a compaq contura 400CX and it wasn't a choice of my > own >
I recently fighted aginst a compaq contura 4/25 (an old one). I had a problem that, I think, is similar. A lot of processes (inclkuding swapper) failed because a problem with memory. I recomend two hints: a) search for a descition of your laptop in http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ or b) do like me: try passing lilo different amounts of memory. In my situation, my laptop has 20480KB of phisical memory, but it only works if say lilo: mem=16259k. I read about similar problems with other compaq laptops. (I recomend you to find out the amount of memory using a middle-point algorithm way...) ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: ----------------------------------------
