You most likly have an on board video chip that uses your sys ram. Decrease the ram you list by at least that amount . The graphic install also hung most likly due to your vid chip. Charles ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yusuf Goolamabbas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 10:34 AM Subject: [newbie] 7.1 hangs during text install on Thinkpad 600 > Hi, I have a IBM Thinkpad 600 (PII/233 with 96MB of RAM) > This was my first Mandrake install ever (have been a RH user and wanted > to get ReiserFS on the laptop) > > I pressed F1 at the opening screen and typed > text expert mem=97728k > After a few screens, (before partition layout), the install hung by > saying that there was a memory error. > > I was able to go much further using the graphical install but was unable > to select individual packages inspite of selecting it. Midway during the > package installed the install hung. > > Has anybody got a successful install of Mandrake 7.1 on a Thinkpad 600 > > -- > Yusuf Goolamabbas > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
