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Not Enough Memory to load updates

Asked by Ian Langman

Have a ACER Extensa [Travelmate] 502T laptop with 160 MB RAM, with a 2GB HD. I am trying to load 6.0.6 LiveCD.

It begins by displaying the Loading LINUX kernal box, which gets to 100% and then a comes up with an I/O error "Not enough memory to load specified kernel"

I have also got a 6.0.10 Alternative Install, which I have also tried. This gets past the Loading LINUX kernel but causes the Laptop tp reboot part way through the ...Loading /install/initrd.gz.

I have DSL working quite happily on this laptop, although I have to use fb800x600. I have tried all VGA modes for the installation.

Is the HD too small, if so is there a minimum install of Ubuntu?

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Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz) said : 		#1

To get Ubuntu working, you should set up a swap partition in order to expand virtual memory, but you will surely notice bad performances once installed. I suggest you to use another window manager such as XFCE, which requires less memory than GNOME or KDE. So, give a try at Xubuntu.

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Best Ian Langman (langmans) said : 		#2

Will try, thank you

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puter (c-admin-won-dk) said : 		#3

Have searched for a solution for the problem "Not enough memory" but found no feasible solution which means that I did not find an answer in any FAQ.

ACER Extensa 501T (266MHZ), 196 MB RAM, 40GB HD.
This has been tested on Xubuntu 7.04 and 7.10:
Boot in text mode (press F1, ESC, ESC):
     boot: /casper/vmlinuz mem=xm (where x=128 for my 196 MB - x=196 did not work)

- result: 7.04 installed in 2 hrs.

so simple - but a secret.. why? this will kill potential users...

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