Re: IBM Thinkpad install

2001-02-22 Thread jgoerz
Cool, I thought it might be that, but I just wasn't sure. He's only got 8 MB ?!! Can you believe they even made computers with that much ;-). What's the work around? Is there any way to copy the floppies directly onto the hard drive without being on a network (he doesn't have a modem/nic for i

Re: IBM Thinkpad install

2001-02-22 Thread Pollywog
On Thu, 22 Feb 2001 08:19:34 -0800, Nate Amsden said: > > system is out of memory. known kernel bug(started in 2.2.11) how much > memory > do you have? the lowest end machine ive ever installed debian 2.2 on is > a 64mb machine. > I installed Debian on a ThinkPad 560 with only 8MB RAM.

Re: IBM Thinkpad install

2001-02-22 Thread Nate Amsden
Jesse Goerz wrote: > > I'm trying to help a friend of mine install Debian 2.2r0 onto an IBM Thinkpad > 365XD. It boots the rescue disk just fine using the default options, but > when I try to boot the second floppy (root.bin) it gives me the following > error: > > VM: do_try_to_free_pages syste

IBM Thinkpad install

2001-02-22 Thread Jesse Goerz
I'm trying to help a friend of mine install Debian 2.2r0 onto an IBM Thinkpad 365XD. It boots the rescue disk just fine using the default options, but when I try to boot the second floppy (root.bin) it gives me the following error: VM: do_try_to_free_pages and then something about modprobe f