Re: [PLUG] RH v7.3 install on Compaq Prosigna 486

[Jim Foster <jif@computer.org>]

Thanks Jesse, it's good to know that I'll need to pass that parm all the time.

At 08:19 PM 6/21/2002 -0400, you wrote:
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> Jim Foster wrote:
> | I'm trying to install RedHat v7.3 on an old Compaq 486 EISA server with
> | 64MB RAM.  The RH installation program says insufficient memory and then
> | exits.  Any ideas?
> |
> | Thanks!
>
> I went through this headache last year.  The prosignia will only see 16
> meg of memory and unless you are using the text only install that will
> bomb. An even after you do that you will have a real slow system and
> will barf the install on anything that needs memory
>
> Here are some instructions on making the system see the extra memory.
>
> http://www.carnall.demon.co.uk/prosignia_linux.htm
>
> I actually had some better instructions but I can't find or remember
> them :-(
>
> If I find what I am looking for I will shoot it over.
        


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