Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 00:36:34 EST From: AMDMCG@aol.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: HeLP!!! i am trying to install bsd linux and it wont install or give me err msg Message-ID: <31.11101228.27cde862@aol.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] FreeBSD Support, I am an experienced UNIX user but new to LINUX and BSD. I am trying to install a new version I got at the LINUX Expo in NYC in Feb2001 onto an old 486/dx33 gateway PC with a Sony CDROM drive and 15" SVGA monitor with 8 MB ram and 405 MB hard-drive. The initial config installer sees all the devices except for my Sony CDROM drive. I get to the final point where I hit return and I tell it to reformat my hard-drive and install the LINUX Os from the CDROM drive and all I see is a blue screen with a white cursor in lower left corner. If I hit the num_lock key I get to a DOS prompt screen that says the following: ... it spits out a line a second and it runs off the monitor and never changes or stops ... infinite loop ... pid 12 (sh), uid 0, was killed: out of swap space. Whatever help or links you could email me would be helpful and greatly appreciated. Thanks! Andrew. supported for read-only access by the CDROM driver. WORM/CD-R/CD-RW writing support is provided by cdrecord, which is in the ports tree. The following CD-ROM type systems are supported at this time: cd - SCSI interface (includes ProAudio Spectrum and SoundBlaster SCSI) matcd - Matsushita/Panasonic (Creative SoundBlaster) proprietary interface (562/563 models) scd - Sony proprietary interface (all models) acd - ATAPI IDE interface The following drivers were supported under the old SCSI subsystem, but [-- Attachment #2 --] <HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>FreeBSD Support, <BR>I am an experienced UNIX user but new to LINUX and BSD. <BR>I am trying to install a new version I got at the LINUX Expo in NYC in Feb2001 <BR>onto an old 486/dx33 gateway PC with a Sony CDROM drive and 15" SVGA monitor <BR>with 8 MB ram and 405 MB hard-drive. <BR>The initial config installer sees all the devices except for my Sony CDROM <BR>drive. <BR>I get to the final point where I hit return and I tell it to reformat my <BR>hard-drive <BR>and install the LINUX Os from the CDROM drive and all I see is a blue screen <BR>with <BR>a white cursor in lower left corner. If I hit the num_lock key I get to a DOS <BR>prompt <BR>screen that says the following: ... it spits out a line a second and it runs <BR>off the monitor and never changes or stops ... infinite loop ... <BR>pid 12 (sh), uid 0, was killed: out of swap space. <BR> <BR>Whatever help or links you could email me would be helpful and greatly <BR>appreciated. <BR>Thanks! <BR>Andrew. <BR> <BR>supported for read-only access by the CDROM driver. WORM/CD-R/CD-RW writing <BR>support is provided by cdrecord, which is in the ports tree. <BR>The following CD-ROM type systems are supported at this time: <BR> <BR>cd - SCSI interface (includes ProAudio Spectrum and SoundBlaster SCSI) <BR> <BR>matcd - Matsushita/Panasonic (Creative SoundBlaster) proprietary interface <BR>(562/563 models) <BR> <BR>scd - Sony proprietary interface (all models) <BR> <BR>acd - ATAPI IDE interface <BR>The following drivers were supported under the old SCSI subsystem, but <BR> <BR> <BR></FONT></HTML>
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