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Mechthild Huebscher <aoxomoxoa@gmx.net> writes:
> 
> i tried to install linux (both suse 6.3 and redhat 6.1) on a olivetti
> modulo m4 p100.
> this didnt work.
> i can boot from disk or cdrom, but then, e.g. when i press <return> on
> "boot:"..(suse)......then theres written:"loading initrd" but then it
> doesnt happen anything more, just a black screen.
> when i was booting from disk there ist was:"loading initdisk.gz" but
> then also the black screen and nothing more.......
> what do i make wrong?
> are there maybe any computers that dont like linux? :-((((
> 
> help please, i really dont understand wheres the problem 
> 
> mechthild huebscher
> 
> ps: i installed linux before on two other pcs, this worked fine

How much memory do you have?

According to Redhat, 16M is required for 6.x.  Version 5.2 only requires
8M.

I know that Linux will run on systems with as little as 4M, but the
install program may fail if you have less.  This is because the
installer can not make use of a swap file for virtual memory.

If your distribution gives you a choice between a graphical and
non-graphical installer (like RH 6.1 does), choose the non-graphical
one.  It will use less memory.

If this doesn't work, you may be able to play some games to make the
installer run anyway.  Such as manually creating a swap partition, and
modifying the installer's boot floppy to use it.  I have not done this
before, so I can't help you out if you want to attempt this.

-- David