From: Jens Puruckherr (puru@elbvilla.de)
Date: Wed Apr 21 1999 - 14:57:44 CEST
>
> > I've got some problems installing mulinux on a Compaq 386SX20 Laptop;
> > 2MB Ram bulit in; 4MBRam PCMCIA; 60MB HD inkl Dockingstation with eth0
> > and CDROM. It's no problem to boot from startdisk and install the image
> > in ramdisk. To unpack the /usr needs ca. 1 hour (normal?).
>
> With only 2MB yes :( PCMCIA is unreachable for muLinux.
>
1. The bios of the Laptop counts the Ram up to 6MB on boot before OS
starts (biosdriver?)
2. On muLinux-boot comes the message 4724/6144 K available.
3. Ramdisk driver initialized: 16 ramdisks of 4600K size
The Ram in the PCMCIA is unreachable for Linux????
>
> > It's possible to login as root and have a look at the dirtree. But now:
> > "Clone" starts, but I get only the message "cannot fork". If I start
> > fdisk manually, I get the same massage. What does it mean? Its not
> > possible to create any partition or format an existing.
>
> Low memory. Without a swap in your DOS partition you can do nothing.
>
> >
> > I've tried with creating partitions under DOS and with no partitions. On
> > Install I've no defined/have defined any swap-partition. The kernel
> > detects the Hardware (RAM,HD,CDROM) fine at start, there should be no
> > problem. What else can I do?
>
> swap, please!
>
>
Ok, ok. I've tried again with repartitioning the HD with one Dos
Partition -
and I'm installing muLinux at this moment with a 16 MB
swapfile(option2).
Let's look what happens...unpacking /usr since 08:16.....08:21.....hmmm,
happy swapping...08:32...we're waiting....09:11..."Wait,wait...
:-)"...1hour,40min later...hey, it feels good at 10:38 clock.../usr is
ok!!
So...configure /tmp...of course...size hmm... It says 1024KB to me. Is
it enough?
I say 2048K...enter. Now mke2fs...blink,blink...seems ok...ports -
no..no..nix..no....all no!
Hey, at 11:12 runlevel 5, welcome to muLinux...what a speed ;-)
12 minutes later....it blinks...is it still alive?...yes!!! 11:39
login:...it'crazy
blink,blink...ile rev.2.01...blink...and:Cannot fork Sh... promt:
"eh?>"
So, lets have a look at the filesystem:
1. "free"... 12.20...it does'nt talk to me
what is he doing? The HD-lamp is full in action!
12:42...
12:59...TaTa!!
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 4837376 4636672 200704 40986 3555328 1096
Swap: 16M 1036288 15,3M
MemTotal: 4724 KB
MemFree: 196 KB
MemShared: 4 KB
Buffers: 3472 KB
Cached: 4 KB
SwapTotal: 15966 KB
SwapFree: 14984 KB
2. "mount" at 13:05...lets make tea...
wow...at 13:10...(tea is'nt ready):
/dev/ram0 on / ...
/dev/ram1 on /usr...
/dev/ram2 on /tmp...
/dev/hda1 on /swap type umsdos (rw) (!!! swap seems ok)
/proc....
/dev/fd0....
3. "ps ax" ....Cannot fork!
Why is the system sooo slow??
4. "clone"
Oh, news: "Bus error" Whats that? I've never seen this message before!
And what does the HD-lamp???
aah.../bin/clone: Cannot fork What else...
.....I give up, I've to go to work sometimes....
Has anybody an idea?
To be continiued :-(
Jens
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