Posting this to the list in case anyone can help ... thanks for the info Miark,
1. When I attempted to install SuSE 8.2, the installation alerted me that I did not have enough system memory and prompted me to activate my swap partition, which I did, and I was able to proceed with the installation. That installation failed due to hangings in YaST, but I was able to use my swap to run the installation program. So I guess I need an 'addition' to the network.img boot disk that will allow me to get to a shell and type a command to activate the swap? 2. On the idea of getting more RAM; this is an OLD machine. We are talkin' 72 pin SIMMS here. I can't find anything below $30 for 16MB module. I have never seen obsolete technology cost so much! Plus, this machine has to have matching capacities in each slot. Dont ask me why, but if I put a 4MB module in slot 0 and a 8MB module in slot 1, the machine won't even boot. Any help on this? Anyone? Please? -=Thinker On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 10:31, Miark wrote: > Glad to hear of your success thus far. > > Swap space won't help you when it comes to installation--it's > memory that counts. (Not sure why, but I'd love to know.) > > But if a working computer is worth another $10, I recommend buying > another stick of RAM. I bought a 64MB stick of PC133 a few weeks ago for > $8, including shipping. Pricewatch.com says you can do it right now > for $9. At any rate, it can be done for less than $10. > > Miark > > > On 30 Jul 2003 05:32:38 -0400, ThinKer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I decided to give the Pentium 120 on last try. This time, I decided to > > go with Mandrake 9.1 via floppy install. > > > > 1. I downloaded, made and booted the floppy. > > 2. Install screen didn't freeze my machine (unlike SuSE 8.2!). > > 3. Network card and DHCP were both detected beautifully (unlike Debian > > !). > > > > Problem: After all that good news, the Please choose the installation > > method' screen has the nerve to tell me that "FTP install needs more > > than 68 Mbytes of memory (detected 64). You may want to try an NFS > > install.' > > > > I have the drive still partitioned from my previous attempt at > > installing Debian (/dev/hdc1 allocated for 256MB of swap). Will this > > help, and if so, how do I turn it on so that this installation can see > > it. > > > > FYI: I am already further in 5 minutes with Mandrake than I got with > > Debian, SuSE and FreeBSD. All I need is SWAP !! > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > -=Thinker >
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