[linux-help] Re: Linux has errors on setup

[lowell <lowell@xxxxxxxxx>]

Where'd you get your installation media?


Jami wrote:

>I am using a box that I put together with Red hat 7.3 with an AMD XP 1700
>(1,47 Gig processor)
>The Linux Mem=64, and the Linux mem=128 I have no idea what that is, or how
>to use it.  The one thing I know is that Linux is partioning this drive out
>from c to i, and has made it almost impossible to access, with anything but
>Linux.  Some of the partitions are no bigger then 1 meg
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "bruce" <bbales@xxxxxxx>
>To: <linux-help@xxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 5:27 PM
>Subject: [linux-help] Re: Linux has errors on setup
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>>Jami,
>>You didn't give any information on release (RH7.3?), machine
>>(old Compaq?), CPU (486 Intel?).
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>>I had a similar problem installing RH 7.2 on a SIS box with AMD
>>Athlon 800 MHZ CPU.   I got it to install using "linux mem=64m"
>>to start the install.  Even though I had 128m of memory, part
>>of it was used by the graphics card and "linux mem=128m" didn't
>>work for me.
>>
>>This is fairly common - after I posted my question and got the
>>answer, I got nine emails asking if I had a solution.  I posted
>>the solution several places in about February.  Let me know if
>>this works.
>>bruce
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>>On Sunday 16 January 2000 03:26 am, you wrote:
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>>>I am trying to install Linux for about the 20th time on my
>>>machine, this is a new machine, with an AMD XP 1700
>>>Processor, and 512K DDR memory.  this Box has a 120 Gig Hard
>>>drive. On set up, it keeps giving me Errors, I would tell you
>>>what errors I get, but it gives me new ones every time.  Most
>>>of the time it says that Linux can not install such and such
>>>file, but occasionally, it comes to in and wants to debug it.
>>> Almost every time results in the same thing happening, Linux
>>>installation Stops.  I have been successful with getting it
>>>on 3 times now, and all three times it never boots into
>>>Linux.  after the boot up page is gone the screen sets there
>>>and flashes for probably 5 to 10 minutes, then shuts down.
>>>Any suggestions as to what is causing this?
>>>
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