Re: 2.6 install dies.

[David Uhring <duhring@charter.net>]

On Mon, 06 Dec 1999, Adam A. Newman wrote:
> I have an old laptop that i use when i travel. It was running 2.5, but 2.6
> had the xe driver so i couldn't resist since i've been wanting to get it
> working on the net as well as being a travel box to noodle on.
> 
> anyway. I decided to wipe the disk and start fresh with an install of 2.6.
> It finishes all the downloads and then asks for my timezone. i give it and
> it starts running "sh /dev/MAKEDEV all" and hangs. I've even left it over
> night just to see if it times out. nadda.
> 
> Any advice? its not that important, but it would be nice to have a moble
> unit.
> 
> thanks.
> 
> .aan
> 
> 
> #include <stdio.h>
> #define NAME "Adam A. Newman"
> #define EMAIL adam@core.6bone.org
> #define URL http://todiefor.com
> main()
> {
> 	while (1) printf("Never give up.\n");
> }

I had the same thing happen with an old IBM 330-466DX2 with 8M of RAM.
Installed another 8M and the install went through perfectly.

David Uhring