Re: [Rule-list] Another 0.7.0 test: reached the limit?

[James]

Martin,
  I'm testing this on an 11m box (real memory) what version of what
disk.img are you using.  or lacking version control when did you download
them.  As for my 11m box choosing auto is when it died.  maybe a link
between those two.

James


On Sun, 24 Feb 2002 22:38:54 +0100
Martin Stricker <address@hidden> wrote:

> After mem=12M went well on friday I tried mem=11M today. While anaconda
> was detecting my mouse I did the usual free on VT2:
>         total   used   free shared buffers
> Mem:     8980   8280    700      0    2448
> Swap:       0      0      0
> Total:   8980   8280    700
> Total memory is exactly 1004 lower than friday with mem=12M (9984).
> All steps took slightly longer than friday. Wgen it came to
> partitioning, I chose fdisk. 32 minutes after booting it asked me wether
> to use /dev/hda (only disk when I test, I suse romovable disk frames).
> After that it worked heavily on both CD and disk. 8 hours and 16 minutes
> later still nothing had happened and I decided to use this computer for
> other tasks (like writing this e-mail). I guess for now we can state it
> works with 12 MB of RAM, but not with 11. Anaconda really ran out of
> memory: I tried to do a ps on VT2, but even after 7 hours the two
> letters didn't appear on the screen. However the box immediately
> responded to [Ctrl][Alt][Del] and rebooted.
> 
> I guess the GUI for fdisk kills anaconda here. I don't know why it's
> present, if I choose fdisk I want fdisk, not some GUI (then I would have
> chosen Disk Druid). Bugzilla time, I guess...
> 
> Now I'll try using the swap partition from the last successful install
> like Devon suggested.
> 
> Best regards,
> Martin Stricker
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