Rumen Yotov <rumen <at> qrypto.org> writes:
> > I have an old AMD-K6 200MHz system with 196 M of ram that I'd like > > to make it into a DNS primary server. I've tried the x86 livedCD > > 2006.1 to install, but after trying to load the image, it just > > reboots. I ran memtests for a very long period of time and the ram > > looks fine. Indeed Knoppix 5.0 boots very slowly, but just fine and > > runs a full gnome interface, slowly but correctly, so I know the > > Ram/cpu is fine. > There are only two classical install media CDs - livecd-i686-2006.1 > IIRC and minimal-x86-2006.1. > The livecd is only for arch >= i686 (AMD-K6 isn't fully i686) so, > minimal-x86 + stage3-x86 is the way to go here. Hello Rumen, Well, I used 'install-x86-minimal-2006.1.iso' and it ran for a while before hanging. Here are the last few steps after the keymap was selected by default: Mounting squashfs filesystem Copying read-write image contents to tmpfs No cdupdate.sh script found, skipping... Booting (initramfs)... << hung >> either the arch is incompatible or it does not like the ram (192 MB)...? thoughts and ideas? James -- [email protected] mailing list
