Re: Unable to install: Indy R4000/16MB
No, I was waiting for several hours and once let the machine do its work
during the weekend. However, never got further in the installation
process. Could that be a kernel problem or is it related to the low memory
(sounds unlikely since I have 100MB swap)?
Thanks,
Zoltan
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On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Florian Lohoff wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 02:18:50PM +0100, Kato Zoltan wrote:
> > I'm trying to install debian mips on a SGI Indy (R4000/100MHz, 16MB RAM,
> > 8-bit video). I'm booting from the network succesfully and I'm also able
> > to create and activate a 100MB swap + 900MB linux partition and configure
> > the network using DHCP without any problem. Then I download the kernel
> > modules/drivers + Base System from the network. This is where I start to
> > have problems. Either during download or during the installation process
> > the system hangs: The installation process stops, I'm unable to execute
> > commands (like df, free) in the shell (alt+F2). I do not see any error
> > message on the log screens (alt+F3, alt+F4). Currently I can reach a point
> > where I see the following message:
>
> Just a guess - You are to impatient :) The problem is that this is a
> really slow machine and the installer lacks at certain points
> a progress bar which even let me believe that the machine got hung.
>
> Just waiting a couple of minutes solved the mystery.
>
> Flo
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