Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (845 mails)

[Daniel Fuhrmann <schoppehaller@xxxxxxxxx>]

Am Donnerstag, 15. Mai 2008 10:36:07 schrieb Richard (MQ):
> Oddball wrote:
> > Daniel Fuhrmann schreef:
> > > Just tried to install OS11.0beta2 kde from live-cd on an old PC:
> > >
> > > 800 mhz Athlon
> > > 256 Ram
> > > Geforce mx400
> > >
> > > the installer suggests to install the new system only in runlevel 3.
> > >
> > > Is this because of low ram and old graphics or is this a bug?
> >
> > Most likely it is only a low ram prob.
> > Cann't you add another 256, to see if the message still comes up?

not tested.

And I found it reported on the suse-pages.
I hadn't only been my problem. Shouldn't be solved in b3.

> Or maybe make (*) / use existing swap partition on the hard disc, once
> the installer is under way switch to a terminal e.g. Control-Alt-F2 and
> do "swapon /dev/sda1" or whatever
>
> (*) making a swap is well documented elsewhere, but in essence use fdisk
> to create a partition ~ 2x RAM size & of type 'swap'. Then run "mkswap
> /dev/sda1" or whatever to prepare it. These steps can also be done at
> the above stage, though if changing partition structure I'd advise to
> re-start the installation afterwards.
Thanks, I knew this.

> If doing this, ensure partitioning in installer is NOT set to format or
> delete the swap partition before agreeing to 'Install'...

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