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Well... now I can launch setup using a DOS disk that loads the CD-ROM and then launch Linux on the CD using LOADLIN, but I get error.
"Kernel panic: Out of memory and no killable processes..."
But from what I've seen, it loads modules that I will never need. Is it possible to point out a file on my DOS disk that tells it which modules to load?
According to the Slackware site, the minimum requirements for a slack install are 16MB memory. That being said, I recently installed 8.1 on an old laptop with 4MB. There is a bootdisk image called lowmem.i for situations such as these. Look in the /bootdisks directory.
You can get more info in the Slackware-HOWTO in the root directory of the cd.
Originally posted by Cerbere According to the Slackware site, the minimum requirements for a slack install are 16MB memory. That being said, I recently installed 8.1 on an old laptop with 4MB. There is a bootdisk image called lowmem.i for situations such as these. Look in the /bootdisks directory.
You can get more info in the Slackware-HOWTO in the root directory of the cd.
Enjoy!
--- Cerbere
Thanks, I forgot about that one (lowmem.i).
Now it's up and running, only need to install the old ISA NIC.
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