Subject: Re: Hey, more on "Please respond to dguynn@geocities.com"
To: Dave Guynn <dguynn@geocities.com>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 07/22/1998 10:56:55
The small install floppy should work. You are using the normal install
floppy, which the instructions explicitly say is unlikely to work on a
limited memory machine.
Dave Guynn writes:
>
>
> Tim Rightnour wrote:
>
> > On 21-Jul-98 Dave Guynn spoke unto us all:
> > # real mem = 3801088
> > # avail mem = 819200
> > # using 72 buffers containing 294912 bytes of memory
> > #
> > # AND THAT IS ALL FOLKS. It locks up.
> > #
> >
> > My first guess is that you are running out of memory. The install floppy u
ses
> > *alot* of memory for the kernel.. I would compile a custom install floppy a
nd
> > try that..
> >
> > ---
> > Tim Rightnour - root@garbled.net
> > http://www.zynetwc.com/~garbled/garbled.html
>
> Thanks, but how do I could I install a custom kernel... umm, could someone
make
> one for me in .fs format so I could burn it on my pc?
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
>