>
> Dear Brave Debian Users:
>
> With a lowmem installation [4 meg.s RAM], 2 MB temporary
> partition [ Type 81], 16 MB Swap Partition [Type 82], and the rest of my
> HD for Linux 2.x; I can't install.
>
> After booting from lowmem.bin, partitioning my disk,
> initializing swap, copying root.bin over, then exiting it; I see a flash
> along the bottom of the screen:
>
> swap on failed
> device busy or in use.
>
>
> Then I get taken into the menu driven installation program. There I
> cannont initialize or activate the swap partition; 'device busy or in
> use', yet it is alwayst telling me that that is what needs to be done
> next. But as long as I don't try to make a boot floppy, I can finish
> installing choosing the steps myself; that is, skipping the initialization
> and actiation of Swap P..
> Then I try to boot from this.
>
> When booting from my new Linux HD, one of the messages I see is:
>
> Activating Swap...
> .
> .
> .
> Mountin local file systems...
> not mounted anything
> .
> .
> .
> Starting kerneld, version 2.1.85 (pid 111)
> .
> .
> .
> /etc/rc2.d/S20logoutd: fork: Cannot allocate memory
> sh: xmalloc: cannot allocate 8 bytes (0 bytes allocated)
> /bin/sh: error in loading shared libraries
> libncurses.so.3.4: cannot map zero-fill pages: Cannot allocate memory
> /bin/sh: error in loading shared libraries
> libc.so.6: cannot map aero-fill pages: Cannot allocate memory
> /bin/sh: error in loading shared libraries
> .
> .
> .
> INIT: ID "1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes [really bad sign]
> /bin/sh: error in loading shared libraries
> libncurses.so.3.4: cannot map zero-fill pages: Cannot allocate memory
> /bin/sh: error in loading shared libraries
> libc.so.6: cannot map aero-fill pages: Cannot allocate memory
> /bin/sh: error in loading shared libraries
> .
> .
> .
> [like this forever, Ahhhhh]
>
> Do you know what I can do to get this to work; if you don't mind,
> please share it with me. I installed the last version of Debian fine, but
> this one is a nother story.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Jason J. Simas
>
>
>
