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Re: [BL] BL3 loop won't install on laptop 386 sx-20 Ultra

From: 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org
To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [BL] BL3 loop won't install on laptop 386 sx-20 Ultra
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 17:15:30 +1300

sindi keesan wrote:
>
> We are trying to install it to a laptop computer
> with 640K base plus 4M extended RAM,

Does that come to 5mb RAM?

> We typed boot and it started to boot linux with loadlin,
> slowly, started to uncompress linux, and then went black.

My guess is RAM. Not enough? Faulty?

> I mentioned the failed floppy boot because that also
> gave us a black screen

Wasn't that insufficient RAM?

> This is a cirrus video chip. Might linux not support it?

No, it's not the video chip.

Cheers,
Steven

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