Dear friends:
I thought it might wise, instead of fighting this memory problem, to
just reinstall LM 8.0, to do a fresh install.
Well, that turned out to be dumb decision. Also a mystiftying one.
Install started fine (Expert mode), got as afar as partitioning,
partitioned my Linux hard drives (as I have done many times before).
Last time I had a perfect installation using the Reiser FS (for
everything, including the /boot partition).
This time, after setting the partitions, I clickded on "format" as I
have done many times before. What usually follows is the formatting of
my paritions, then I get the screen with the packages. This time,
installation suddenly stopped and switched to the console with an error
message informing me that the installation had terminated. This has
never happened before. Could this have anything to do with my new PNY
memory modules (256 megs of RAM in addition to my previous PNY 128 megs
of RAM).
One other thing:
Turns out I both Windows and Linux recognized my memory upon bootup. No
question about it. Everywhere, during bootup, at the Penguin console
login in Linux. In Windows, during bootup and under My Computer,
Properties, where the actual amount of RAM is indicated. And NO
exclamation marks of any sort in Device manager. But Windows would fail
to land on the desktop when I'd launch it with the Linux drives on. But
when I disabled the Linux channel, then Windows would land properly on
the desktop. I could also access the Internet using my Earthlink WinPOEt
PPPOE utility. However, when after being cleared for takeoff and fully
online, I'd launch Netscape in Windows and Netscape would freeze up.
Anyway, I went back to Linux and formatted my Linux partitions in Linux
and tried once again to install LM 8.0, selecting, as before, the Reiser
FS and a swap file of 400 megs (in addition to my 384 real meg of RAM --
assuming my two new PNY 128 meg memory modules are OK. Failed again.
Once again, installation terminates and returns right back to the
console.
Does anyof this have anything to do with memory modules, good or bad or
whatever.
My immediate problem is that I need to reinstall my LM 8.0.
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