No, the FTP install didn't want to work either. I'm trying a standard CDROM
install
David
-----Original Message-----
From: Digital Wokan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 9:49 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] Installing Mandrake 8 on low memory machine
Are you trying to do an FTP install?
> David Joham wrote:
>
> Has anyone had any luck installing Mandrake 8 on a machine with
> semi-low memory?
>
> I've got a Toshiba 435 CDS with 48M (the max) and Mandrake complains
> that that is not enough to create its install ramdisk. That seems a
> little odd to me since 48M for an install should be plenty. Also,
> RedHat 7.1 installs fine on the same machine. Finally, I just
> installed Mandrake 8 on another laptop with 48M and it worked fine.
>
> Is there any way to tell Mandrake in the install to simply go ahead
> and let me take my chances? What would be different between the two
> laptops with the same amount of memory?
>
> TIA
>
> David
