Anaconda crashes

[MIke]

On Sun, 2004-02-01 at 12:47, MIke wrote:
> I am trying to put Fedora on my IBM laptop. I have a 10gb hdd and 84 mb
> dram. Windows 98SE is installed on a 2GB partition. The rest is
> unpartitioned. 
> 
> When I try to install Fedora, using a floppy to start and the embedded
> CD to continue, all is well until I finish with the software selection
> then the following appears in a pop-up
> 
> ----------------------------------
> 
> traceback(most recent call Last);
> File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui-py", Line 786 , inhandleRenderCallback
> self.currentWindow.renderCallback()
> File "/usr/lib/anaconda/iw/progress-gui.py", Line 149 , inrenderCallback
> self.intf.icw.nextClicked()
> File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py",Line 632 , innext Clicked
> self.dispatch.gotoNext()
> File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", Line 150 , ingotoNext
> self.moveStep()
> File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", Line 215 , inmovestep
> rc=apply(func,self.bindArgs(args))
> File "/usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", Line 430 , in turnOnFilesystems
> Partitions.doMetaDeletes(diskset)
> File "/usr/lib/anaconda/partitions.py", Line 1110 , indoMetaDeletes
> (vm.vgactivate())
> File "/usr/lib/anaconda/iutil.py",
> Line 66 , in execWithRedirect
> childpid = os.fork()
> 
> OSError[errno 12] cannot allocate memory
> ---------------------------
> 
> I have installed Fedora on a mini server,
> (90 mb dram, 8 GB hdd and a 66 MHz P3) and it runs fine
> so the problem does not seem to be resources.
> 
> Any direction will be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Mike
> 

Further research, via bugzilla, reports this is not a bug. Hmmmmm.
The stated answer is not enough memory. Hmmmmm.
If I find a means to solve this I'll post it here.

Mike