Re: woody install on a Compaq Contura 410C and wrong memeory detection
On Mon, May 05, 2003 at 02:30:46PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to install debian on an old Compaq Contura 410C laptop.
>
> It only has a 350Mo harddisk and 12Mo ram.
>
> I am using the 2.4 boot floppies from woody.
>
> Linux boots correctly and i get to choose the language. Then the debian
> splash screen gets displayed and i am informed that there is not enough
> ram, but i have 12Mo of memory installed, and it claims that this is not
> the case.
>
> Should i be using another boot floppies set, try the new
> debian-installer, or is there something wrong with the ram detection
> mechanism. I know i have 12 Mo ram, both because the bios displays them
> when memory checking and because the compaq setup program did tell me
> so.
The memory warning is mostly a guess. Does it prevent you from installing?
It's based on what /proc/meminfo says.
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