In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Troy M. Lubbers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Alright, I'm attempting to install Debian. (That's good right?) Well, >I've encountered my first problem. When I boot with the Rescue disk, I >get all the error messages probes etc, that it's supposed to do. Then it >comes to what I'm sure it's not supposed to do. When it gets to the point >where it says > >RAMDISK:Compressed image found at block 0 > >it then continues with these error messages > >Couldn't get a free page..... >out of memoryVFS:mounted root(minix filesystem) >init:cache '/etc/ld.so.cache' is corrupt > >and then NOTHING. That's it frozen solid. Ctrl-Alt-Delete reboots and if >you leave it in it does the same exact thing. I've tried using different >disks to no avail, they all seem to do it. > >I've got a 386DX/33 manufactured by Zeos computers. With 4M RAM and a >130MB ST1144AT HD. Mediavision Jazz chipset based soundcard integrated >with a Future domain TMC8XX SCSI controller and 2x CD-ROM. The error >message is the same whether or not I include the boot flag >"tmc8xx=0xce000,11" or not. I also have a Diamond Stealth VRAM SVGA card. >1.44 and 1.2 meg floppies. > >The boot images I'm using are from ftp.debian.org and are the most >current set at this time, I downloaded 'em just tonight. Any insights >into the problem would be appreciated, maybe someone else has had a >similar experience. > > >-- >TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I had the same with 1.2 install disks: I had managed an install in 4M with 1.1 equivalents. Sounds like you're out of memory: I cured the problem by adding a scrap 4M of memory: there may be other ways round this (turning off ramdisks ????) -- Andrew Martin Adrian Cater
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