Might a dying cdrom also cause it to run out of memory? Honestly, I installed Mepis on it last year! but this time it keeps on running out of memory (even using icewm). On Friday 10 December 2004 12:34 am, Rudolfo Munguia wrote: > More often than not, it usually points to some piece of hardware not > playing nice with the Hardware-Scan it is using to determine what > drivers to load. > > I have run into this repeatedly with older isa hardware and debian3.0r1. > > I have also run into a dying cdrom drive that created the same > symptoms. The install would pause at random parts and never give any > indication that there was any actual problem. I also let it sit > overnight, then went ahead and swapped out hardware piece by piece > until I found the culprit. > > On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 22:26:22 -0700, Mikey Haven s wrote: > > I think I have a problem with my 150MHZ processor system. As I load > > Debian 3.0 release 1 it asks me some questions then starts 'Installing > > Drivers'. At least it goes to a screen that says that but after that it > > just sits there. I let it sit overnight a couple of nights ago but still > > nothing changed Could this mean that I have a corrupted burn of debian? > > -- > > <:-)Mike(-:> > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- <:-)Mike(-:> --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss