From: unixsys@ssg.com (Rick Emerson) Subject: Re: Installation Help..thanks all! Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 18:23:36 GMT
rkohlbus@dining.umd.edu (Robert Kohlbus) writes:
>
> I would just like to thank all the people who send me mail in my
> question about installing Linux. After much trouble, I found my error,
> I have 6mb of memory and Linux doesn't like it. I went to my other machine,
> same kind, except it has 4mb of memory, and Bingo..it worked.
> My next question is why doesn't it like my 6mb? I have a true blue
> IBM 386 machine with OS/2 as my OS, and would like to install Linux as my
> other OS on duel boot. If anyone else has any ideas, please send them my
> way. Thanks.
>
Hmmm... I'm running the mcc-interim/X11 package from sc.tamu.edu (Dave, give
this thingie a name. Please! <g>) on a generic 386/40 with 8MB without a
problem. Maybe there's a memory problem with your machine? Linux seems to
be pretty adept at finding weak parts of machines.
Rick
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