Bug 41731 - Installer displays its error message then reboots on any keystroke
Summary: Installer displays its error message then reboots on any keystroke
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: installer
Version: 7.1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Brent Fox
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-05-21 21:53 UTC by Need Real Name
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:33 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2001-05-31 15:10:49 UTC
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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.
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