installation

[jarrej]

I am getting a message "you don't have enough system memory" I am tring to do an install of RH 7.1 on a Compaq Proliant Pentium Pro 180 with 128 m of ram. I have had no problems running linux on machines with 32 m what is the difference?

I would appreciate any insight.

Thanks,

John

[solo]

At what point in the installation do you get the message?

[jarrej]

Originally posted by solo:
<STRONG>At what point in the installation do you get the message?</STRONG>

I recieve this error right after I select which mode to do the install in. I usually choose graphical but I have the same error in expert mode as well. After you choose graphical it takes you to the Welcome to Red Hat Linux screen and gives me that error.
Thanks for your help.

John

[bdg1983]

Try the install again and when you get to the first prompt, try entering

append="mem=128M"
or
mem=128M

Someone please correct me if the syntax is wrong.

[jarrej]

I get "could not find kernal image append" or "could not find kernal image mem"

I have tried to look up these commands in man but have not found anything that can help.

I would appreciate any more assistance you could provide.

Thanks,

John

[bdg1983]

The closest example I could find is


Here is what I typed at the LILO "boot:" prompt:

install vga=785 nosmp noapic debug=2


so maybe try

install mem=128M

If that doesn't work, then try using "mem=128M" or other variations.

[undef]

install in text mode.

[subnet_rx]

well, I think that's the correct syntax for the lilo.conf file append mem=128M

I think at the prompt, you type

linux mem=128M

[DMR]

Originally posted by subnet_rx:
<STRONG>well, I think that's the correct syntax for the lilo.conf file append mem=128M

I think at the prompt, you type

linux mem=128M</STRONG>Yeah, that's what the error messages are alluding to. The system is expecting the first entry at the prompt to be the name of the kernel; entries after that are the actual arguments passed to the kernel.

[jarrej]

Thanks everyone. Linux mem=128M worked great.

John :D