Hello I'm not really sure this is the correct mailing list to address though I'm sure those subscribed may well know the answer so here goes. My problem is that I'm trying to use the Debian installation system as a basic rescue system from which to recover an entire Debian system back from a simple tar archive on a SCSI tape. Unfortunately it seems like the "st" module ( preloading from a floppy using the module from the corresponding drivers.tgz file ) doesn't like the presence of the /root ramdisk and gives the error "/dev/st0: Cannot allocate memory". The machine involved has 256MB main memory installed and the SCSI controller works fine with the installation system as far as the disks are concerned so I can only suppose this is an interaction with the ramdisk. Obviously I don't want to be overwriting a live filesystem so I need a root filesystem elsewhere and that doesn't fit on a 1.44MB floppy anymore :-( Any suggestions ?? Jonathan Quick Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory, South Africa PS: Please cc. me on the replies as I'm not subscribed to this mailing list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
