[TriLUG] Just pulled a DOH! - RHL 8.0 RAM requirment

[Roy Vestal]

Ugh. It is installed. The problem is that when it boots off the new
installation, it reboots booting vmlinuz.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Knowles" <chrisk at trilug.org>
To: <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 7:46 AM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Just pulled a DOH! - RHL 8.0 RAM requirment


> Yup.
>
> I've got a computer that had RH8.0 on it, and 40 MB of RAM.  Can't do a
> graphical install, but I can do a text based one, and the computer works
> fine.  It's a firewall as well.
>
> So, it should work fine once you get it installed.
>
> CJK
> On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 19:45, Jason Tower wrote:
> > i thought the 64mb limit was for graphical installs only, text would
work with
> > 32mb.  i *KNOW* rh72 can be installed with 32 cuz i've done it before.
just
> > install using the 'linux text' argument when the cd or floppy boots.
> >
> > jason
> >
> > On Wednesday 12 February 2003 19:41, Roy Vestal wrote:
> > > It was just pointed out to me that RHL 8.0, and 7.3 for that matter
require
> > > 64MB of RAM to install (thanks Sinner!). <RTFM ID10T error> The
machine I'm
> > > trying to use has 40MB.
> > >
> > > Anyway, as suggested by Andy, I installed RHL 8.0 on a newer machine
and I
> > > have the HDD in the laptop with 40MB. Before I trash the install, is
there
> > > a switch I can put on the kernel line that will allow it to pass this
> > > requirement? This is JUST going to be a router firewall. Here's the
> > > install:
> > >
> > > RHL 8.0 Minimal w/GRUB
> > > P5-90MHz
> > > 40MB RAM
> > > 2GB HDD
> > > No CDROM
> > >
> > > If not, I'll just trash and backup the current 6.2 installation to the
> > > second HDD and try upgrading the kernel and it's beloved dependancies
to a
> > > 2.4.x series on the second HDD.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions?
> > >
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