I was trying to install RH 6.0 I have cdroms with 5.2 in some books I could
try that.
However they also say they need 8 meg of ram. I only want to use it as a
console
terminal to log onto a server and run text based apps so I was hoping to get
it working.
Thanks
Linda
----- Original Message -----
From: "william lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2000 8:37 AM
Subject: Re: Help Install stalls
> What was the version of linux you were trying to install...ie Mandrake
7.0-
> or RedHat 6.2 etc....Some versions were optimized to run on a Pentium
(586)
> and won't load on a 486. Send more info
>
> need more input....need more input.....need more input.......
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linda hanigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Friday, July 28, 2000 11:08 PM
> Subject: Help Install stalls
>
>
> >Hi All,
> >I have an old 486 with 4 meg of ram I am trying
> >to install linux on. I managed to get the floppy
> >drives switched so I can now boot from a
> >3 1/2" floppy it goes through all the messages
> >till
> >RAMDISK compressed Image Found at block 0
> >then it quits. Does this mean that their isn't
> >enough memory to run the installation program.
> >Someone said they had linux running with 4meg
> >of ram on a 386 is it a different version?
> >I don't have a CD drive so I got an ISA networking
> >card and hope to do a ftp installation if I ever
> >get that far.
> > Thanks
> > Linda
> >
> >
> >
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