Rainer Heilke wrote: >> There is a secondary check for free virtual memory, of which we >> need 128 MB for the GUI, or 96 MB just to run the window system. >> Lots of things can affect free virtual memory, and more devices is >> certainly one possibility. You should still be able to run the >> text installer in those cases, though. The message should say >> which one you're out of. > > I can check again tonight, but I didn't notice any mention of what > type of memory I was out of. The only non-standard device on this > system is a Zip drive, which I can disconnect (if that will actually > make enough of a difference). I actually tried all three install > modes, and they all gave me the same error about the mini-root not > being able to "fit into memory". > > Seems odd that I can install OS on a Sun Blade 100 with 512MB RAM in > full graphical mode, but can't even get the text mode to work on an > x86 system with the same amount of memory... >
Most of the difference is directly due to running the miniroot out of a ramdisk rather than directly off the media. Dave
