On Sun, Oct 25, 1998 at 12:18:25PM +1100, Corbishley Family wrote: > I retrieved it from the net on one machine and I want to install it, by > floppy to an old 386 with 4MB ram and 120MB hard disk. > > I have got through the low mem disk fine (partitioned hard disk into > Linux, Linux swap, Minux/Linux). > > When I go to the rescue disk, I select my keyboard type and then I > choose "Initialize and Activate a Swap Partition". I choose the drive,
This is a bug in the low memory installation. A workaround is described at the URL in my sig. Look for "Low Memory Install" under "Installing Debian GNU/Linux 2.0". Luck, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux? http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/