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Old 04-19-2005, 01:51 PM   #1
JGE
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Suse Linux Professional 9.2 Installation Requirement Question/Help


I am trying to install 9.2 Pro on my old computer which I have had for a while. It boots up fine and it goes to the installation screen but when it gets ready to load Yast a box appears and says that I don't have enough memory to load Yast and that I need to swap partition. Well first off I'm not very familiar with this kind of stuff (partitions, etc.) and second my hard drive has been formatted. Can someone tell me what I can do to fix this or if this software just won't work on my computer. Thanks.

Here is a basic overview of my computer's system information that I got off the system information screen from the Linux CD installation screen. Keep in mind I have had this computer for a long time.

Processor: AMD-ANTHLON(tm) 750 MHz

Hard Disk: 19GB

Memory:
Total: 60972 kB
Free: 31924 kB
Active: 2684 kB
Inactive: 11588 kB
 
Old 04-19-2005, 04:32 PM   #2
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Well it looks like you have only 64 MB of RAM, which isn't very much I'm afraid. I think SuSE 9 requires at least 128 MB and probably needs 256 MB. Therefore you won't be able to install SuSE with a high-end graphical user interface (KDE, GNOME etc.). In fact I don't think that you will be able to install SuSE 9 at all. You could upgrade your RAM, which would cost you around £15 / € 25 / $30 for a second hand 256 MB module. You'd of course have to check that your motherboard supports 256 MB RAM modules. Or you could look into using a smaller distribution such as Slackware, which is designed to run on older computers.
 
  


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