Description of problem: Installation crashes after setting up parameters on my Toshoba 480CDT laptop. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): fc2-i386-core1 How reproducible: Boot from CD, go through setup process and wait to get system installed. Steps to reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Crash or Error message Expected results: System install :-) Additional info: Traceback (most recent call last): File "usr/lib/anaconda/guy.py", line 1048, in handleRenderCallback self.currentWindo.renderCallback() File "usr/lib/anaconda/iw/progress_guy.py", line 242, in renderCallback self.intf.icw.nextClicked() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 763, in nextClicked self.dispatch.gotoNext() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 169, in gotoNext self.moveStep() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 237, in moveStep rc = apply(func, self.bindArgs(args)) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", line 539, in turnOnFilesystems thefsset.formatEntry(entry, chroot) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/fsset.py", line 1247, in formatSwap self.formatEntry(entry, chroot) File "usr/lib/anaconda/fsset.py", line 1290, in formatEntry entry.fsystem.formatDevice(entry, self.progressWindow, chroot) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/fsset.py", line 709, in formatDevice searchPath = 1) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/iutil.py", line 55, in execWithRedirect childpid = os.fork() OSError: [Errno 12] cannot allocate memory
How much memory does the laptop have?
Should open box to see RAM modules. Windows 98 reported 80 MB. I think it is a total of 96, 16M being reserved for video ???
Can you provide the contents of /proc/meminfo? (Booting with 'linux text' should let you get it installed)
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