Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 16:04:53 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au> To: "Josh Paetzel" <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net>, <AMDMCG@aol.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: HeLP!!! i am trying to install bsd linux and it wont install or give me err msg Message-ID: <030901c0a14c$67277740$847e03cb@apana.org.au> References: <31.11101228.27cde862@aol.com> <00e401c0a213$1f20de60$6100000a@vladsempire.net>
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Now I don't profess to be a guru, but I was certain there were only 5 BSD flavours (a)FreeBSD (b)OpenBSD (c)NetBSD (d)picoBSD (e)BSDi Whats with this "linux BSD" ?? I don't believe its possible to "install" any recent BSD in a system with only 8Mb RAM .... possibly the same for the linuxes too. I know the thing "might" run when install is finished but the question here related to initial install. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh Paetzel" <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> To: <AMDMCG@aol.com>; <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 3:46 PM Subject: Re: HeLP!!! i am trying to install bsd linux and it wont install or give me err msg > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <AMDMCG@aol.com> > To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 11:36 PM > Subject: HeLP!!! i am trying to install bsd linux and it wont install > or give me err msg > > > 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 > > > I guess I am a little confused. Are you trying to install Linux or > FreeBSD? > > Josh > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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