Hi i've been trying installing RedHat 8.0 on my comp for past 1 month..but 2 no avail. Althoug i've used the same CD set on my frenz comp..it worked. and my comp used to perfectly run RedHat 7.1 but this time with 8.0 i don't know whats the prob.
COMPUTER CONFIGURATION: _______________________
My comp is Pentium Celeron 433 MHz. processor, Intel 810 Chipset M/B, RAM 64 MB, HDD 40 GB (i'd 17 GB earlier and was facin the prob even then...!& gb HD 'd Bad Sectors so just 2 install Linux RedHat 8.0 i purcased a new one..but eventhen :-(
PARTITIONS: ___________
and the partiotions for Linux i tried was 1. / size-5GB 2. swap size-100MB 3. /boot size-256MB (i tried even with 512 and 128)
i took sp. care to 've /boot b4 1024 cylinder and opted 4 GRUB as boot loader.
After makin all settin ,definin partitions and selectin packages the moment it shows formattin and installation progress bar it displays a list of errors followed by
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File "usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 786 in handle Render Callback
self.currentwindow.rendercall back()
File "usr/lib/anaconda/iw/progree_gui.py"line149,in render Callback self.intf.pcw.next_clicked()
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py",line 632 ,in nextclickedself dispatch.gotonext()
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 150,ingotonext selfcvstep()
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py",line 430 in turnonFieSystems partition.do MetaDeletes(disleset)
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/partiotions.py",line 1110 in doMeta Deletes 1VM.vgaactivate()
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/lvm.py",line 54 in vgaactivate search path=1)
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/iub1.py",line 66 in exec with Redirect child pid=os.fork()
OS Error: [Errno 12] cannot allocate memory
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any suggestions r welcome
regards Arshad
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