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Is it where you installed linux and it will not boot or cannot install at all.

What size Hard disk , what type CDROM (IDE SCSI etc...)
I have had to add linear before on my old Pentium 100 with a 2 gig drive.
in the lilo.conf 

In article <38B52733.B4F31DE9@gmx.net>,
	Mechthild Huebscher <aoxomoxoa@gmx.net> writes:
> hi,
> 
> 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

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On Thu, 24 Feb 2000 13:42:27 +0100, Mechthild Huebscher
<aoxomoxoa@gmx.net> wrote:

>hi,

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PLEASE don't post this to so many newsgroups. The main language in
nl.comp.os.linux.installatie (one of your groups) is Dutch.
(Dutch: generally spoken in The Netherlands, near Amsterdam.......)

Hint: Provide more info on this machine, Mhz, Memory, HD, type of
CD-ROM. The more verbose the better the odds of someone being able to
help out.


Greetings, Marco
----

try to give some more details,  often during an install you can go to
another virtual console, with the Fkeys, and find more information

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

thanks for your help

i tried this:

i put a harddisk with already installed linux in the
olivetti pc and it booted correct , linux running. 
i took the 1GB-harddisk and put it in a 486, there
i could install linux also......
now i understand less than before why i didnt work...




Mechthild Huebscher wrote:
> 
> hi,
> 
> 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

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mailto:huebscher@redseven.de
Homepage: http://www.thp.univie.ac.at/~mgh/

Mechthild Huebscher wrote:
> 
> thanks for your help
> 
> i tried this:
> 
> i put a harddisk with already installed linux in the
> olivetti pc and it booted correct , linux running.
> i took the 1GB-harddisk and put it in a 486, there
> i could install linux also......
> now i understand less than before why i didnt work...
> 
> Mechthild Huebscher wrote:
> >
> > hi,
> >
> > 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.......
It could be a dead floppy disk, that has happened to me a few times -
one bad sector and it just won't work.  Try making up a couple of spare
install floppy disks.
> > 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
> 
> --
> -------------------------------------------
> mailto:huebscher@redseven.de
> Homepage: http://www.thp.univie.ac.at/~mgh/

-- 
Regards,
        David Boston
        bosto@ozlinx.com.au