Matthew, My harddrive is 128MB. As to the install, I do the following: -boot from the low-mem disk -partition harddrive ( 3 partitions: 32MB swap, 3 MB minix, the rest as native) -activate and initialize swap -activate temp root partition -exit (the system then asks for the Rescue Disk and moves into normal installation) -Choose Color Screen -Configure Keyboard (US English) -Attempt to activate Swap (which fails) -Initialize and mount the Native partition as root -Install OS Kernel and Device Drivers -Config drivers (The only way I've successfully gone through this step is to not configure anything) -Install Base System -Config Base System -Config Network (No, as I am not on a network ) -Make Hard Disk Bootable -I make a boot floppy -I reboot The system seems to do fine until it starts to try to allocate memory. The first error is usually "bash:fork can't allocate memory" and then "can't access shared libraries". I hope this is the info you wanted. OK. I suggest we simplify things. Forget the printer for the time being (thus removing one potential config problem). Now: how big is the hard drive? How far did you get through the install before it failed (please tell me exactly what you did; if necessary do it again and write it down)? Thanks, Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society Selwyn College Computer Support http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Chamber/8841/ http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/ http://pick.sel.cam.ac.uk/
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