From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 17 8:36: 9 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f167.law15.hotmail.com [64.4.23.167]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2129D37B416 for ; Wed, 17 Apr 2002 08:36:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 17 Apr 2002 08:36:02 -0700 Received: from 63.215.121.12 by lw15fd.law15.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Wed, 17 Apr 2002 15:36:01 GMT X-Originating-IP: [63.215.121.12] From: "Scott Berta" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: HELP!! getswapspace: failed on install Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 10:36:01 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 Apr 2002 15:36:02.0061 (UTC) FILETIME=[94606BD0:01C1E625] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I am attempting to install FBSD on an old 486 laptop with 8M of ram and a 250M HD. I have heard that this is no problem, yet I keep encountering the same error during the device probe (swap_pager_getswapspace: failed). Does anyone have any work arounds for this? Can I establish a swap partition on the HD this early in the install, or is adding more ram my only option? My goal is a "bare-bones" install for educational purposes. Any help would be gratly appreciated. Thanks, Scott _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message