On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 11:02, Alex wrote: > I recently tried to install Redhat 8 on an old Pentium-75 Laptop with > 24MB of RAM (its actually a TI Travelmate 5300). > > Since I don't have the CDROM, I copied all the ISO files to 10GB > harddrive (of which at least 8GB should be accessible) and did a > HardDrive install. > > Everything seemed to be working fine until the part where the installer > attempts to detect the video card. (Even though, I did a text based > install). > > It comes back and says there is insufficient memory, reports an error, > and stops. > > Does a TEXT based install of RedHat really require more than 24MB of > Ram? > > > My initial attempts of getting RedHat onto this laptop consisted of > putting the laptop harddrive on my desktop, doing the install, and then > moving the harddrive to the laptop. This resulted in the laptop > mysteriously rebooting after the grub screen. > > I guess I could use a different distribution, but I really like > RedHat... Is there a way to make this work? > > > Thanks > > -Alex
I recently installed RH 8.0 text install, on an eMachine with 32 MB of
RAM. The install went fine. I believe I got an insufficient memory
error when I tried to run the graphic install. It kept going, but
continued in text mode. If you do Ctrl-Alt-Fn a couple times, there is
a screen that keeps track of what is happening during the install. Does
that screen give any error messages?
Ian P. Thomas
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