Also remember that VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed
is a kernel bug in the 2.2 series. I believe it is fixed in 2.2.19pre2 (the official 2.2.19 is not out yet). Jon On Thu, 25 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: 8 MB RAM still enough? > Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 10:01:23 +0100 (MET) > > I try to install Debian 2.2r2 on a SPARC 1+ with 8 MB RAM. > > I use the rescue, root, and drivers disks from kernel 2.2.18pre21-sun4cdm_3. > ... > > Boot fails during reading the root.bin disk. > ... > > VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for init > ... > > (The installation manual claims that 5 MB RAM are sufficient ...) > > It turned out that 5 MB are insufficient (at least for installing from > floppy disks). > With 16 MB, the same set of disks worked for me. > > (But be aware of the following bug for the drivers disks: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=79004 > The workaround given there (using floppy_split) did work for me.) > > Ciao > Sven > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- PGP information is available at http://members.wri.com/johnnyb/about/
