install issues, old computerForum: HD Install Topic: install issues, old computer started by: yohan233 Posted by yohan233 on Jan. 13 2004,05:04
hey everyone im trying to put DSL 0.5.2 on an old pentium 100mhz w/ 40 mb RAM. i know this somewhat modest hardware meets the system requirements, but after it finds the cd (i have to boot from floppy) i get something like this:"VFS: Close: File count is 0" it says that repeatedly, no clue im an intermediate linux user (vector/slackware) and ive never seen an uglier error message. any help would be greatly appreciated. Posted by peter on Jan. 18 2004,14:52
I'm no expert either, but I just googled your error message in Google Groups and from what I saw it seems likely to be either a memory hardware problem or something equally unpleasant to do with the hard drive.I suggest you paste the error as above in the search field for Google Groups and have a look - unless you have had another OS running successfully on that box, in which case I'd be checking that there is a functional swap partition and your drive is properly formatted for Linux etc.... I might be totally off in my diagnosis, though, so I hope someone with more knowledge steps up for you. Posted by enthusi on Jan. 18 2004,17:08
Hmmm, strange one...I run DSL on a non-Pentium 100Mhz with 32 RAM quite fine btw (also Floppybooted)... VFS error? Seems to be the VirtualFileSystem in Memory? I just post to tell that the hardware setting itself should not be a prob... I'd think that such an error would come if there's an error with your RAM but hats very odd and not very common.. I cant help any further than to give teh advice above again... There are some kernalfrealks arround here - so hopefully someone gets your prob... Good luck! (you did not try to boot with the "toram"-option, did you?) |