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Old 06-23-2001, 05:11 PM   #1
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Question RedHat 7.1, Low Memory


I am having trouble finding information from RedHat on installing version 7.1 on a system with low memory. I am installing onto a laptop with 24megs. (The installation is PCMCIA/network)

Any ideas?
 
Old 06-24-2001, 01:11 AM   #2
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you should be able to install it with no problems, what are you going to be doing with it? like more X or terminal type stuff. 24 megs isn't too much these days and if your gonna be running apps in X i would recommend an upgrade.
 
Old 06-24-2001, 01:16 AM   #3
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I can't install it, that is the problem. It comes back with a not enough memory error when it is loading anaconda. I've tweaked the ramdisk_size values to no avail.

Would be nice if I could somehow map the memory to a different computer's hard drive during the installation process. I realize it would be slow, but I don't even know/think that it is possible.
 
Old 06-24-2001, 01:18 AM   #4
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my only suggestion is to contact or do extended search on redhat's site. i haven't heard of any distro with limited amount of ram for installation.
 
Old 06-24-2001, 01:20 AM   #5
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That's pretty much what I have spent all day today, and yesterday evening doing. I'm approaching the point of giving up.
 
Old 07-11-2001, 06:13 PM   #6
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Are you trying to do a graphical installation, you need at least 48 megs for that, maybe try doing a text based install, it could work
 
Old 07-11-2001, 09:40 PM   #7
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Neither worked, that is why I went back to 6.2. . . But then again, I couldn't get 7.1 installed on a P-133 desktop with 64 megs of RAM either!
 
Old 07-11-2001, 10:23 PM   #8
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doh.
 
  


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