problem installing redhat -help please

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From: Roger Fulton
Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1996 00:00

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I'm trying to install the latest redhat linux on a 486 with 4Mb ram and
600 Mb HD. The hard disk has been repartitioned as per instructions. Linux
boots from the boot floppy Ok, prompts me for the first ramdisk, and
installs the contents of the ram disk without any problem. Then it says

VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem)
can't open /etc/mtab: Out of memory
not enough memory
...
RHL: Insert ramdisk 2 and press Enter
RAMDISK2: Loading 1440 blocks into RAM diskcouldn't write 16 blocks.


OK, it looks as if I need to get more RAM, but I thought Linux could be
installed on a machine with only 4Mb of RAM. 

Can anyone confirm that I need more RAM to install RedHat, or tell me what
might be wrong ?

Thanks

Roger

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Date: 1996/06/06
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