Bug 41731

Summary:	Installer displays its error message then reboots on any keystroke
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Need Real Name <kmcneil>
Component:	installer	Assignee:	Brent Fox <bfox>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
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Version:	7.1
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Description Need Real Name 2001-05-21 21:53:51 UTC

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User-Agent: Mozilla/4.7 [en] (WinNT; U)

Description of problem:
Installer aborts stating that there is insufficient memory to install
I have 1gig of RAM and have even dropped to 512meg RAM and it still wouldn't see it.

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot computer withe CD in drive
2.Press ENTER at the install Prompt
3. see error window on screen
	

Actual Results:  The computer re-booted and if I didn't remove the CD, it started all over again.

Expected Results:  It should have installed the software

Additional info:

Comment 1 Brent Fox 2001-05-22 00:44:26 UTC

When you get the error message, can you go to VC2 and say 'cat /proc/meminfo'
and see how much memory the kernel thinks it has?

Comment 2 Brent Fox 2001-05-31 15:10:45 UTC

Closing due to inactivity.  Please reopen if you have more information.