On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 11:39:56AM -0400, Ward William E PHDN wrote:
>
> When I started this, I thought I'd have 32MB of RAM to do it in... It
> probably
> would have worked (I've done installs on P100s with only 24 MB, albeit via
> CD).
> The key seems to be trying to do the FTP install with so little memory...
> unfortunately, the machine only has a single IDE interface, and trying to
> use
> both HDs...... no room for a CD, even if I borrowed one from a different
> machine.
I've been doing network installs (though I think they were NFS, not FTP)
on 386es with only 8MB (RHL 5.2) and it worked. Unless RHL 6.2 has blow
the text installer out of proportion, it should work, I'd say.
What I'd try in your situation would be a preliminary install by
removing the second HD and adding a CD-ROM, just to make certain that
you can install at all.
Another option could be to restart the install, make sure you install
fully custom and deselect *all* packages. In that case, only the bare
minimum (well, some people might argue about that...) will be installed.
If that works, you can always install missing packages manually later.
Just a few ideas,
Thomas
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