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Kent Cheung wrote:
>
> 1) During installing the BL into HD (for booting from HD), 
> I got so many "do_try_to free_pages" message. After many 
> many re-try/re-boot, I finally get only one message:
>     do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd
> Just curious what it is. I seem that it doesn't do any harm.

The most likely cause is a hardware problem.  Perhaps
mis-matched RAM modules or an over-clocked CPU.

> 2) After I boot the BL (Both from floppy and HD), the 
> keyboard freeze in the login screen. I need to reboot 
> 3 times. YES! 3 times... then the keyboard come back.

I have this problem too with one of my computers, a Compaq.
It boots OK from a cold power-on, but locks up when I try
to boot after CTRL-ALT-DEL. 

> I did have the kbd-reset in loadlin line.

As James suggested, remove the kbd-reset parameter and see
what happens.

> 3) How to setup the swap space in Linux. (Sorry, I am new to Linux). 
> First of all, should I make the partition as logical or primary in 
> cfdisk? 

Primary (if you have space).  Set the FS type to "Linux swap".

> Then what should I configure so that BL know there is swap 
> space exist?

mkswap /dev/hdxx    (this is done just once)
swapon /dev/hdxx    

Execute "free" to check that your system sees the swap.

Cheers,
Steven