Dave Miner wrote: > 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. It is. It's taking 8MB now. I think I can reduce it to 1MB.
Will 7MB make the difference? -Kyle > >> 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
