On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 05:19, Thomas Cameron wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Slade" <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 12:06 PM > Subject: FC3 - Proliant Servers > > > > Hiya, > > > > Just tried to install FC3 on a Proliant 5000 (quad processor, 1GB > > memory) and got a cannot install , you do not have enough RAM message. > > > > I tied the memory diagnostic option and it appears to only recognise 16M > > of memory, but the Compaq diag shows 1G which passes test. > > > > Any ideas? r and I waisting my time. In which case any suggestions as to > > which distro will run. > > > > Rob > > I haven't worked with a Proliant that old for quite a while. Those old EISA > systems have a really weird memory addressing model. But it's great at keeping the office warm. I have been using it to play around with W2k Server. Thought I'd try Linux. > > At the installer screen, type: > > linux text mem=1008M@16M > > If that's not it, try: > > linux text mem=16M@1008M > > Hope this helps, > Thomas It did indeed, thanks very much. Now I have to get around "Cannot mount root device "<NULL>" I guess the problem is with the SCSI CD ROM not being correctly identified. Rob
