Bug 41731 – Installer displays its error message then reboots on any keystroke

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Bug 41731 - Installer displays its error message then reboots on any keystroke

Summary:	Installer displays its error message then reboots on any keystroke

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	installer (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.1
Hardware:	i386 Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Brent Fox
QA Contact:	Brock Organ
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Reported:	2001-05-21 17:53 EDT by Need Real Name
Modified:	2007-04-18 12:33 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2001-05-31 11:10:49 EDT
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Description Need Real Name 2001-05-21 17:53:51 EDT

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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 2001-05-21 20:44:26 EDT

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 11:10:45 EDT

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

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