[CS-FSLUG] can't get graphical boot

[Stephen J. McCracken]

On Sun, 2004-07-18 at 20:32, David M. wrote:
> On Sunday 18 July 2004 07:07 pm, Christopher Rose wrote:
> > Let me just ask this simple question: How much ram do you have in your
> > computer system? When I installed Red Hat 9 into my $15 533Mhz DVD-ROM
> > W/CD-RW, I was unable to use the graphical installer. I had to use the text
> > installer and activate my swap file for the sake of installation (30GB hard
> > drive, so that wasn't a problem). I will probably have to upgrade my ram
> > soon. If nothing else, it will make some of the software that I do have
> > installed run smoother. I have found that my present memory level is
> > sufficient however for running Damn Small Linux (my backup OS). Any rate, I
> > doubt that I've been of much help, but at least I have been there.
> 
> I have 256MB Ram, and yeah I did have to do a text install for the first time 
> with Mandrake 10. all other mandrake installs worked fine graphically.
> 
We had trouble with one box not recognizing the correct amount of RAM on
startup and had to pass it explicitly to the kernel:
linux mem=128M