Re: i still can't install linux!
Yep... that message means.... out of memory....
so... I guest you need a little big more
You could also try restarting, and then when you have made your partitions
(and a swap partition) activate the swap partition, and then continue
installing... using the swap you just created should help with installing
Mark Janssen
On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Marino wrote:
> Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 16:08:45 +0200
> From: Marino <marino@abanet.it>
> To: Mark Janssen <maniac@markjanssen.homeip.net>
> Subject: Re: i still can't install linux!
>
> yes, in the console F4 always run this message:
>
> VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd
> .....
>
> and for many other processes.
> you know, 8mb are a bit few....
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Janssen" <maniac@markjanssen.homeip.net>
> To: "Marino" <marino@abanet.it>
> Cc: <debian-laptop@lists.debian.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 4:04 PM
> Subject: Re: i still can't install linux!
>
>
> >
> > It should (just) do....
> > try switching virtual consoles by pressing
> > Alt-F1 to Alt-F8, and check if there are other error
> > messages on those consoles (especially Alt-F3 and Alt-F4)
> > If there are... mail them...
> >
> > Mark Janssen
> >
> > On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Marino wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 15:49:11 +0200
> > > From: Marino <marino@abanet.it>
> > > To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
> > > Subject: i still can't install linux!
> > > Resent-Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 15:50:12 +0200
> > > Resent-From: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
> > >
> > > hi all!
> > > thanks for any help, but i still can't install linux debian 2.2
> > > my laptop is "trying to extract base2_2.tgz" for 20 hr!!
> > > please help me! i have only 8 mb RAM, can it work?
> > > should i try to install debian2.2 without a swap partition?
> > > my HD is 256 mb, and the swap partition (32 mb) is almost not used at
> all.
> > > thanks anyway.
> > >
> >
> > Mark Janssen Unix Consultant
> > Unix Support Nederland / PSInet Netherlands
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>
Mark Janssen Unix Consultant
Unix Support Nederland / PSInet Netherlands
E-mail: mark@markjanssen.homeip.net GnuPG Key Id: 357D2178
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