On Sunday 28 December 2003 12:55 pm, Morten Andersen wrote: > I tryed the F1 solution. Without any luck. > > None of the following worked: > The patch (with a patch from version: 9.1) > linux mem=128M in a previous post I suggested " type 'linux noapic mem=xxxM' without the quotes, and where xxx is the amount of installed memory minus the amount of shared (video on board) Memory" also you might want to try acpi=ht. be sure to type it all on 1 line, and you can add each statement just leave a space between
> > I never get passed the loading into memory part. > > Regards > > Morten Andersen > > At 13:45 28-12-2003, you wrote: > >On Sunday 28 December 2003 12:35, Morten Andersen wrote: > > > I'm trying to install mandrake 9.2 on my old AMD-K6-2 350 MHz > > > machine. But the installation process freezes on "Loading program > > > into memory". There are 128 MB Ram on the machine. > > > > > > Should I just throw out the machine or can I install mandrake on > > > it? > > > >I think 9.2 might be a strain on a 350MHz machine, on top of which the > >K6 processors were not entirely standard. I'd check whether the > >motherboard can accept a higher cpu and if it can I'd look out for a > >used one to fit. Having said that, I wouldn't necessarily give up > >straight away. > > > >I am not running 9.2 (I have 9.1) but I presume that the following > >will still apply :-) Early in the install process you get a chance > >to hit F1 for more options. If you do that you will see a brief > >explanation of the options. Try whatever looks likely, and tell us > >what happens. > > > >Anne > >-- > >Registered Linux User No.293302 > >Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > Morten Andersen > Master of applied mathematics and computer science > Amanuensis > Interest areas: > -e-learning > -software engineering > -applied math > > The Maersk Institute of Production technology at Southern Danish University > www.mip.sdu.dk > Campusvej 55 > DK-5230 Odense M > Denmark > +45 6550-3654 > +45 6171-1103 > Jabber id: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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