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Re: [Rule-list] preparing richard's laptop
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Devon |
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Re: [Rule-list] preparing richard's laptop |
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Tue, 19 Mar 2002 23:01:00 -0500 |
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On Tuesday 19 March 2002 10:25 am, Richard Kweskin wrote:
> Hello all
>
> I can make it all the way to a complete text install only when I take
> all defaults and add no packages (from the optional ones presented.)
>
> (I'm not complaining, only trying to clarify) does this mean 16MB just
> scrapes me by?
Miniconda has installed with success down to 12M, but it's painful. So,
yes, you are close to the low limit.
> Should I try mem=something less to see? Where do I do this?
At the boot prompt:
linux mem=12M
> As the video chip set and the monitor were never probed with success
> should I install another os, check to see irq and i/o addresses (if I
> can) for these and then pass the relevant parameters? Where do I do
> this?
We don't include the XFree packages in the base install, so I believe the
probing is skipped. That said, I don't believe lap tops like the Xconfig
probing much. Someone correct me if I am wrong, I don't use a laptop.
- -D
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- [Rule-list] How to shrink an ISO image [was: richard's laptop], (continued)
- Re: [Rule-list] richard's laptop, Devon, 2002/03/18
- Re: [Rule-list] preparing richard's laptop, Richard Kweskin, 2002/03/18
- Re: [Rule-list] preparing richard's laptop, Devon, 2002/03/18
- Re: [Rule-list] preparing richard's laptop, Richard Kweskin, 2002/03/18
- Re: [Rule-list] preparing richard's laptop, Devon, 2002/03/18
- Re: [Rule-list] preparing richard's laptop, Richard Kweskin, 2002/03/19
- Re: [Rule-list] preparing richard's laptop, Devon, 2002/03/20
- Re: [Rule-list] preparing richard's laptop, Richard Kweskin, 2002/03/19
- Re: [Rule-list] preparing richard's laptop, Gordon Buzowetsky, 2002/03/19
- Re: [Rule-list] preparing richard's laptop,
Devon <=