i do have facitilities for a net install.  perhaps i'll try that.

this is just an old computer i found in my parents house.  it is not my primary 
computer.

mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "FLYNN, Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 5:45 PM
Subject: RE: [newbie] trouble installing 8.0


> At the risk of sounding flippant, stick some more memory in, if at all
> possible!
> 
> I think it a text install is too memory intensive, you're a bit stuffed
> really. I'm not sure if a network install would require less memory... do
> you have facilities for a network install?
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: m!ke mcgranahan [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 1:38 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] trouble installing 8.0
> 
> i tried that... same result.  thanks though
> 
> any other suggestions?
> 
> mike
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "FLYNN, Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 5:32 PM
> Subject: RE: [newbie] trouble installing 8.0
> 
> 
> > Use a etxt install. Hit F1 and select text for a text only
> install.
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: m!ke mcgranahan [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 1:28 AM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: [newbie] trouble installing 8.0
> > > 
> > > i have an old dell 486/66, with 32mb of ram, 1.5gb of scsi hard
> drive
> > > space.
> > > 
> > > when i run the install (boot from floppy, to install from cd,
> with the
> > > cdrom.img image located in the images directory) i get this:
> > > 
> > > in second stage install
> > > install exited abnormally =-(
> > > 
> > > alt-f3 shows:
> > > warning, ramdisk is not possible due to low mem
> > > 
> > > is there any way around this?  anyone know how to allow the
> install to
> > > succeed?
> > > 
> > > mike
> > > 
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