Re: Arghh.. Problems with install.
On Sun, 12 Jan 1997, Andrew Martin Adrian Cater wrote:
> 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.
> >
> >
> 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 ????)
> --
> Andrew Martin Adrian Cater
Well, adding more memory would be nice :) But I really don't want to
throw more money into this old thing. Now, I misunderstood you on one
point here. On v1.1 you were able to manage an install in 4M or was it 8M
because you added 4M extra? If you did it with 4 that's probably what
I'll do, just install 1.1, but if I have to use 8M Well I don't think
that's gonna happen and I guess I'll just install a Slackware
distribution or something I know that'll install in 4M. I was led to
believe by the documentation though, that installation would work fine in
4, you'd just have to start a swap partition before continuing very far.
Which is how Slackware does it, since that's what I've used before.
I guess I'd be interested in hearing how other people have made it work,
or IF they have made it work. Thanks
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