[KLUG Members] Failed network install?

[John Bridleman]

* Bruce Smith (bruce@armintl.com) wrote:
> > > SYSTEM 2 - Stephan Roth NOT GIVING UP!!! 120 MHz Intel P1 CPU with 32
> > > Mb RAM & 2 Gb hard drive INSTALLING: BS-Ware Pro RESULTS:  Older
> > > non-IDE CD-ROM drive failed CD Install.  Several other CD-ROM drives
> > > were tried without success.  A network install was halted by higher
> > > RAM memory requirements.  Acting Installmaster... Wes Leonard
> > 
> > I'm curious as to why 32 MB would be insufficient for a network
> > installation of Linux.  This past semester, a friend and I managed to
> > stage a bunch of 486-66's with 8 MB of RAM via NFS... granted, that was
> > using Slackware, but...
> 
> My _guess_ would be the higher memory requirements of the 2.4 kernel.
> (assuming you did it with a 2.2 or earlier kernel)
> 
> There might have been other factors involved too.
> 
> 
> CORRECTION:  That was *NOT* BSware-PRO or BSware.  When I was watching
> the failed install attempt, there was appeared to be an Official Redhat 
> CD in the drive.  A red colored CD anyway, definitely not BSware.
> (although someone else's copy of BSware may have been tried later, donno)
> 
Since Wes was the installer on that project I'll let him give the official response but I think that they tried an official Red Hat CD but the second cd was at home on the kitchen table so Wes then tried BSware-PRO.
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John Bridleman / john@bridleman.org