when the boot# prompt comes after booting from the RedHat CD type:
text mem=8(m) expert
this runs the installer in the text mode which in my opinion is a much
better way to install RH Linux. The text mode almost always works. Can't say
the same about the graphical installation though.
cheerio
----- Original Message -----
From: "irgendeineadresse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 2:44 PM
Subject: [LIH] how much memory for RH install?
> Another question:
> Can anybody tell me how to get RedHat 6.2 or 7 on a 486 DX2 with 8MB of
> RAM? Tried SUSE 7 for half the installation and it worked (only with the
386
> bootdisk). RedHat 6.2 always hangs during the /sbin/loader, RedHat 7 goes
a
> little further but than hangs while executing Anaconda. I passed the
Kernel
> already abootparameters (something like linux mem=8 expert) like in the
> maual, but it didn't work either. I would like to install RedHat for some
> special reason that's why I don't want to install SUSE. Any special
bootdisk
> like for SUSE or "better" bootparameters?
>
> thankx in advance
>
> Tom
>
>
>
>
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