Perhaps this leads to the solution:(?) http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2001-Sep/0312.html OK, problem solved by: boot: linux text expert mem=16M and we now boot up ok (from fd0 - the PC has no CD so it's an NFS install from now on). BTW, initrd still loads a kernel (into RAM disk!) and then unloads initrd and frees up the memory ;-) Op vrijdag 7 september 2001 21:25, schreef Santiago González Rodríguez:
Hi, I'm trying to install SuSE 7.2 in a 486DX2 with 32 Mb. RAM, 2 hard disk (one of 540 Mb. and the other 210 Mb) and a 3Com 3C509. I copy all the SuSE 7.2 CDs to another machine that is running as FTP server cause is the only way to install the SuSE 7.2 in the 486DX2 as I don't have a CD-Rom for it.
When I use the original bootdisk (not the i386 bootdisk), after load the root image in the ramdisk I begin to get a lot of this messages in the ALT-F4 terminal:
(none) modprobe: modprobe Can't locate module block-major-80 (none) Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.4.4-4GB/modules.dep
the number 80 change to 104 and then to 105. And after a lot of message a get a lot of kills to bash and some other things and a lot of Out of Memory.
I'm trying to install using the text mode Yast.
I also tried using the i386 bootdisk that is for old machines like the 486DX2 but I cannot load the network module to make a FTP installation, cause when it loads it, it says that the module was compiled for kernel 2.4.4-4GB and not for 2.4.4 that is the one that comes with the i386 bootdisk.
If anyone knows how to get a around this problem, I'll be very happy.
Thanks.
Santiago Gonzalez Rodriguez listas_correo@uol.com.ar Ciudad de Buenos Aires - ARGENTINA
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