Re: Arghh.. Problems with install.
In message <[🔎] Pine.SOL.3.91.970111230014.3967A-100000@homer>, "Troy M.
Lubbers" <lubtro@homer.bethel.edu> writes
>Alright, I'm attempting to install Debian. (That's good right?) Well,
>I've encountered my first problem. When I boot with the Rescue disk, I
>get all the error messages probes etc, that it's supposed to do. Then it
>comes to what I'm sure it's not supposed to do. When it gets to the point
>where it says
>
>RAMDISK:Compressed image found at block 0
>
>it then continues with these error messages
>
>Couldn't get a free page.....
>out of memoryVFS:mounted root(minix filesystem)
>init:cache '/etc/ld.so.cache' is corrupt
>
>and then NOTHING. That's it frozen solid. Ctrl-Alt-Delete reboots and if
>you leave it in it does the same exact thing. I've tried using different
>disks to no avail, they all seem to do it.
>
>I've got a 386DX/33 manufactured by Zeos computers. With 4M RAM and a
>130MB ST1144AT HD. Mediavision Jazz chipset based soundcard integrated
>with a Future domain TMC8XX SCSI controller and 2x CD-ROM. The error
>message is the same whether or not I include the boot flag
>"tmc8xx=0xce000,11" or not. I also have a Diamond Stealth VRAM SVGA card.
>1.44 and 1.2 meg floppies.
>
>The boot images I'm using are from ftp.debian.org and are the most
>current set at this time, I downloaded 'em just tonight. Any insights
>into the problem would be appreciated, maybe someone else has had a
>similar experience.
>
>
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I had the same with 1.2 install disks: I had managed an install in 4M
with 1.1 equivalents. Sounds like you're out of memory: I cured the
problem by adding a scrap 4M of memory: there may be other ways round
this (turning off ramdisks ????)
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