Re: Multia 5.2 Out of Memory

[Chris Albertson <chris topdog pas1 logicon com>]

Thomas Waldmann wrote:
> 
> > > > I've tried installing 5.2 on my Multia with 16mb RAM.  Milo runs great but
> > > > when I try to load the kernel it starts up and gives a boot prompt:
> > > > boot:
> > > >
> > > > Of course I put in Linux and I keep getting an Out of Memory Error.  Does
> > > > anyone have any experience with this ?
> > >
> > > Same here. Disappeared after upgrading to 32MB. Strange ...
> >
> > What is strange about an "Out of Memory" error going away after adding memory?
> >
> 
> Nothing.
> 
> But I think it IS strange that 16MB are not sufficient to even LOAD the linux
> kernel.

I got the impression from the above that the "Out of Memory" errors happen
while running the RH install script.  I can understand that.  It uses a RAM
disk and a few virtual consoles, a curses based (I assume) interface and
so on. Remember that the install scripts runs for a while with no swap
space.  RH claims you need 16MB for an Intel install (true) and the Alpha
Kernel is bigger as are all the Alpha binaries.  So I'd assume you'd need
at least 24MB to run the install.  More then just the Kernel loads between
the "boot:" prompt and that first blue screen.

I have 32MB in my Alpha and find that I should have more.  I built
the ddd debugger and lesstif yesterday and it took about 8 hours of disk
thrashing.  watching the 'top' display I found that if I had had 80MB of
RAM it would not have swapped.
> 
> So what is consuming such a lot of memory even before the kernel gets loaded /
> running ???

As I said above, nothing. I think the problem is after the kernel loads.
> 
> Are there ways to get the redhat 5.2 install running if one "only" has 16MB in the
> UDB box ?
> 
> [BTW: hey, your response was FAST ;-]
> 
> TW
> 
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