Yep... that message means.... out of memory.... so... I guest you need a little big more
You could also try restarting, and then when you have made your partitions (and a swap partition) activate the swap partition, and then continue installing... using the swap you just created should help with installing Mark Janssen On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Marino wrote: > Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 16:08:45 +0200 > From: Marino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Mark Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: i still can't install linux! > > yes, in the console F4 always run this message: > > VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd > ..... > > and for many other processes. > you know, 8mb are a bit few.... > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Janssen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Marino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <debian-laptop@lists.debian.org> > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 4:04 PM > Subject: Re: i still can't install linux! > > > > > > It should (just) do.... > > try switching virtual consoles by pressing > > Alt-F1 to Alt-F8, and check if there are other error > > messages on those consoles (especially Alt-F3 and Alt-F4) > > If there are... mail them... > > > > Mark Janssen > > > > On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Marino wrote: > > > > > Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 15:49:11 +0200 > > > From: Marino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org > > > Subject: i still can't install linux! > > > Resent-Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 15:50:12 +0200 > > > Resent-From: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org > > > > > > hi all! > > > thanks for any help, but i still can't install linux debian 2.2 > > > my laptop is "trying to extract base2_2.tgz" for 20 hr!! > > > please help me! i have only 8 mb RAM, can it work? > > > should i try to install debian2.2 without a swap partition? > > > my HD is 256 mb, and the swap partition (32 mb) is almost not used at > all. > > > thanks anyway. > > > > > > > Mark Janssen Unix Consultant > > Unix Support Nederland / PSInet Netherlands > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GnuPG Key Id: 357D2178 > > http: markjanssen.homeip.net www.markjanssen.nl www.maniac.nl > > Fax/VoiceMail: +31 20 8757555 Finger for GPG and GeekCode > > > Mark Janssen Unix Consultant Unix Support Nederland / PSInet Netherlands E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GnuPG Key Id: 357D2178 http: markjanssen.homeip.net www.markjanssen.nl www.maniac.nl Fax/VoiceMail: +31 20 8757555 Finger for GPG and GeekCode
