In lilo.conf put: append="mem=128M". Run "lilo -v" and reboot. I'd reinstall the new cdrom as master and the old one as slave. Might make your life easier. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chopin Cusachs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 3:29 PM Subject: [brluglist] Re: RH 7.1 Install Problem <p><em>> <em>> Got an E-mail from another user who saw my post about trouble installing RH 7.1 <em>> in the RH support conference. <em>> <em>> He says he had the same problem, solved by replacing the CD-Rom drive with a <em>> newer one. He, too, had been able to install 6.x with the old drive. <em>> <em>> In the meantime, I took advantage of a couple of rebate deals and replaced the <em>> original master hard drive with a new, much larger, one, and added a CD-RW <em>> drive. <em>> Am now getting back to attempting the install again. <em>> <em>> Have 128 MB of memory. Recall seeing somewhere that I need to tell Lilo about <em>> this, but can't seem to find the reference with the format required. <em>> <em>> Now have 2 CDs. Wonder if there is a way to tell the boot floppy to use <em>> the second, <em>> rather than the first one. Have the old CD-Rom jumpered master, the new <em>> CD-RW as <em>> slave. See that the CD drive is cdrom, without 0 or 1. Is there a <em>> standard name for <em>> a second CD drive? <em>> <em>> I'll experiment tonight or tomorrow, but some information would reduce the <em>> hunt time. <em>> <em>> I'm particularly annoyed with myself, since I found the memory reference in <em>> one of <em>> these six Linux books a month or two ago and don't find the reference <em>> now. Have <em>> surfed a few Web sites with no success. <em>> <em>> Choppy <em>> <em>> <em>> ================================================ <em>> BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group <em>> Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. <em>> Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change <em>> your subscription information. <em>> ================================================ ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================ <!-- body="end" --> <hr noshade> <ul> <li><strong>Next message:</strong> john beamon: "Re: [brluglist] Re: RH 7.1 Install Problem" <li><strong>Previous message:</strong> Chopin Cusachs: "[brluglist] Re: RH 7.1 Install Problem" <li><strong>In reply to:</strong> Chopin Cusachs: "[brluglist] Re: RH 7.1 Install Problem" <li><strong>Next in thread:</strong> john beamon: "Re: [brluglist] Re: RH 7.1 Install Problem" <li><strong>Messages sorted by:</strong> [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] [ attachment ] </ul> <hr noshade>
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