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Old 01-20-2015, 01:06 AM   #1
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problem with installing slackware on my old computer


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I have an old computer (cpu: pentium 4, Ram: 2 GB, Graphic: Intel standard VGA) in my office and I want to install slackware 14 32 bit on it, but in first screen not hugesmp.s nor huge.s kernel can not load and "not enough memory" message appears. is there any way to install slackware?
 
Old 01-20-2015, 02:21 AM   #2
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Have you done a memory test?
 
Old 01-20-2015, 02:53 AM   #3
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Hi,

I second what said aikempshall: 2GB should be more than enough to install Slackware.

So, boot the installer again and when you see the greeting screen, just type memtest then press [Enter]
 
Old 01-20-2015, 03:20 AM   #4
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This is probably not enough memory for initrd in first 64MB of RAM. Check BIOS options for BIOS shadow, low memory, OS2<64MB, or something like that.
 
Old 01-20-2015, 04:35 AM   #5
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Have you done a memory test?
memtest was done without any error
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This is probably not enough memory for initrd in first 64MB of RAM. Check BIOS options for BIOS shadow, low memory, OS2<64MB, or something like that.
I have done this but the problem still exist
 
Old 01-20-2015, 05:08 AM   #6
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problem with installing slackware on my old computer

please post a short results of your memtest.
 
Old 01-20-2015, 05:34 AM   #7
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If you could let us know the exact model number of your motherboard, that would allow us to find and look at the bios manual and advise.
As for Memory 2GB is more than enough, i have installed slackware 14.1 on a Pentium M laptop with 1GB memory and it runs fine with XFCE and it flies with lxde.
 
Old 01-20-2015, 07:17 AM   #8
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Overclock? Overheat?

Just to report, my machine is probably older than yours, Sempron 2800 with 1GB ram,
and is running Slackware -current (of course at certain level of cost ).
Right after Xfce is loaded, Conky reports ~250MB used RAM.

Last edited by Paulo2; 01-20-2015 at 07:34 AM. Reason: Correct Sempron model.
 
Old 01-20-2015, 07:34 AM   #9
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What does your Bios say about installed RAM.
 
Old 01-20-2015, 08:24 AM   #10
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I've successfully installed Slackware 14.1 on a Dell Poweredge server with 110 MB RAM.
 
Old 01-20-2015, 08:27 AM   #11
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I have Slackware 14.1 installed on my aging Acer netbook. It has a 1.3 GHZ CPU and 1 GB of RAM. Slackware should run on your PC. Have you installed Slackware on another PC with your Slackware 14.1 installation DVD? If not faulty RAM then maybe the DVD wasn't burned properly.
 
Old 01-20-2015, 11:29 AM   #12
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I have installed on a Asus Eee PC 701 4G Surf
  • Processor: Intel Celeron M ULV 900MHz
  • Graphics: Integrated Intel GMA 900 GPU
  • Storage: 4GB of Flash-based storage (SSD)
  • Memory: 512MB of DDR2 RAM (667MHz)
I had to cut down the package selection quite a bit but no RAM issues during install.

Last edited by ruario; 01-20-2015 at 11:38 AM. Reason: updated specs
 
Old 01-20-2015, 01:04 PM   #13
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I have old computer with Slackware-current installed. This is:
  • CPU: Pentium 4 Prescott 2.8 GHZ;
  • Memory: 512 Mb DDR, PC-3200, 2x256, in dual-channel mode;
  • Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-81PE1000;
  • HDD: SATA, 160Gb Seagate ST3160827AS;
  • Video NVIDIA GeForce FX5200 128 Mb.
All hardware is working fine for me. I have done the installation process without any errors.
 
Old 01-20-2015, 01:54 PM   #14
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can we please get on topic again!
There was a need for help and all we do is saying that our installs work.
 
Old 01-20-2015, 02:07 PM   #15
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I too have Slackware installed on many systems with less resources than OP and I submit there is value in knowing that to recognize that something is very wrong here. If it isn't with the RAM or some other hardware or BIOS setting issue, then the likely culprit is the install media. If OP didn't run checksum on the dowmloaded iso, or test the veracity of the burn he has no way of knowing if he has corruption in the media. So the first thing I would do would be to drop back a step and verify the media and possibly any hardware associated with it whether Optical or USB.
 
  


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