From: OPER_ALEX@JMUVAX (ALEX W WADDELL) Subject: Re: System halted error... Date: Sat, 8 May 1993 20:56:36 GMT
In <1sgvj1$m1i@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> jac11@po.CWRU.Edu writes:
>
> Me again.
>
> I FTP'd to sunsite.unc.edu and grabbed the a, b, and c disks for
> Linux. I even rawwrote disk a1 just like the readme told me too.
> I tried to just boot off of the first disk to see what it looked
> like but it gave me an error message.
>
> After saying 'LILO' on my screen, pausing, and then writing 'loading
> ramdisk...' it gave me the option of what video mode. I just hit space
> to continue and this is where I get the error that says that it needs
> 2M of memory and then it freezes (sometimes with the drive light on and
> spinning) saying that the system is halted. What does this mean and how
> do I change this?
>
> To refresh you: I have a 2M 386-16SX machine with 42M harddrive. Since
> I *do* have the two megs I'm wondering why it gives me this message.
>
> -confused,
> -AndyC
Try hitting tab, and booting not from ramdisk, but straight off the floppy.
I'm not sure what the label is on SLS or MCC or whatever you are using, but
there should be an option for disk boot instead of ramdrive.
The problem you are having is the fact that you need 4 megs to run Linux. You
may be able to get away with 2 megs memory, and a swap, but things will be
slow.
My advice: buy more memory, or scrap the idea of using Linux-- I hear DOS
doesnt (read CANT) use much memory...
Alex
JMU