🚀 go-pugleaf

Dr. Who (mind@ripco.com) wrote:
: Pugsly (j4823363@ironbark.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au) wrote:
: : The problem is this - 
: : I try in install Redhat, both version 4.0 or 4.2.

: Make sure that your swap partition is in fact active and is being recognized.

Its a bit hard to do that when you cant login. Redhat doesnt recognise the
password I typed at setup.

However I had an older slackware distribution on which showed the swap
as being active but I cant say I ever saw it in use (ie 0 used).

: Check "free" and/or "vmstat" from the commandline and see if any of the
: swap has been allocated.

How does one get to the command line with redhat when root is refused a login?

: If it reads zero, but you're out of memory, you might want to verify that
: your swap space is setup.

I understand this very fundamental part of linux and I am certain that it
is set up correctly.

: BTW, how many MB of RAM do you have?

As the original post said, 16Meg.

Any other takers?

Cheers
Brett

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