Kyle McDonald wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a Dell Optiplex GX260, with 512MB and a 2.0ghz P4. >
Is it one of those systems that steals main memory for graphics memory as well? If so, you might try reducing that in the BIOS, if you can. I've installed in nominally 512 MB virtual machines, so in some cases it can work. > The new Indiana CD boots file, and interactive performance isn't bad > after boot, though I haven't really done much more than start the installer. > > Once I start the installer, the performance drops bigtime. Everything > outside the intaller lags. The UI of the installer itself isn't bad, > untill the install starts. > > I have yet to complete a sucessful install either. > > Twice I've gotten 'Install Failed' nearly right after I click the button > to start it. I've attached the log file. > > Two other times it's installed slowly till it got to 43% then it hung. > It took well over an hour for it to hang. Once it hangs the system is > so painfully slow that I wasn't able to look around for any explanation. > > > I tried to add memeory, but it wasn't the right kind (the machine > doesn't like registered memory.) > > I also just tried booting to the text console, hoping that I'd have > better luck installing that way, but as of yet I can't figure out the > command to start the install. > The one way you might possible do that is to ssh in and run gui-install remote displayed, but I've never tried it. There is no command-line interface for running the install at this time. Dave
