Bug 78002 – OS Error [Errno 12] cannot allocate memory

Bug 78002 - OS Error [Errno 12] cannot allocate memory

Summary:	OS Error [Errno 12] cannot allocate memory

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	anaconda (Show other bugs)
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Version:	8.0
Hardware:	i586 Linux

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Assigned To:	Michael Fulbright
QA Contact:	Brock Organ
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Reported:	2002-11-17 02:04 EST by Michael E Puckett
Modified:	2007-04-18 12:48 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2002-11-17 02:29:04 EST
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Description Michael E Puckett 2002-11-17 02:04:02 EST

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0; Q312461)

Description of problem:
anaconda had memory error at the very beginning of package installation  --- 
instruction said to send floppy contents to you

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How reproducible:
Didn't try


Additional info:

floppy save did not function Last two lines before error:
Files "/usr/lib/anaconda/lutility.py", line 66, in execWithRedirect
files "/usr/lib/anaconda/lvm.py", line 54, in vgactivate

gateway pentium 120 48 MB RAM 1.2 and 2 g harddisk
Was running RH 7

Comment 1 Michael E Puckett 2002-11-17 02:28:57 EST

Did try again. Failed just as package load screen presented.

Comment 2 Michael Fulbright 2002-11-18 15:35:41 EST

64MB is the minimum requirement for Red Hat 8.0.

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