Re: installing debian

[Pann McCuaig <pann@ourmanpann.com>]

On Sun, Oct 25, 1998 at 12:18:25PM +1100, Corbishley Family wrote:

> I retrieved it from the net on one machine and I want to install it, by
> floppy to an old 386 with 4MB ram and 120MB hard disk.
> 
> I have got through the low mem disk fine (partitioned hard disk into
> Linux, Linux swap, Minux/Linux).
> 
> When I go to the rescue disk, I select my keyboard type and then I
> choose "Initialize and Activate a Swap Partition". I choose the drive,

This is a bug in the low memory installation. A workaround is described
at the URL in my sig. Look for "Low Memory Install" under "Installing
Debian GNU/Linux 2.0".

Luck,
Pann
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