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Out-of-memory/ Other install methods
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 5:40 am
by Quigs
Got a old computer to try ROS on real hardware...
All ROS cds give me a out of memory error, in fact Windows 98/95 did too, but they let me bypass it using an ignore memory switch to let me install them.
Anything similar for ROS?
Currently I have 98 installed, and ROS files copied from the CD on the hard drive, there has got to be a way for me to get it installed!
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 7:51 pm
by Gasmann
Take a look at the
ReactOS system requirements
Even when you bypass it I doubt it would work with too less ram cause it has no swap-support yet.
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 8:18 pm
by Quigs
its got 48 mb of ram
I think it might mis report it during boot time.
Is it still or was it ever possible to run ROS from DOS?
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 1:42 pm
by Gasmann
Quigs wrote:its got 48 mb of ram
I think it might mis report it during boot time.
Is it still or was it ever possible to run ROS from DOS?
It was possible using a boot.bat but doesn't work anymore.
However I can't really understand how it could complain if you have 48mb which is enough.
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 11:17 pm
by Quigs
Can I somehow get boot.bat back and have it magically work?
I really want to run ROS on real hardware...
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 12:28 am
by uniQ
Can you say exactly why, where, when and how you get this error? Maybe get a pic if possible? Also, does the BIOS see all 48MB? Does Memtest find any errors? Can you reduce it to 32MB and see if that works?
-uniQ
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 2:52 am
by Quigs
more details..
"OS Load in Progress...
Memory allocation failed: out of memory.
Press any key <pressed>
Error opening freeldr.ini or file not found.
You need to re-install Freeloader.
Press any key to reboot. <pressed>
<it repeats... Im thinking the bios figured out if failed and told it to run again>
BIOS doesnt even have boot options....
its an HP, 233Mhz gonna hopefully find a BIOS update to fix this.
24M Installs well in qemu
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 4:41 pm
by Jaix
Hello, I have successufully installed and run ROS in qemu with mem-swich decreased to 24M