Out-of-memory/ Other install methods

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Quigs
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Out-of-memory/ Other install methods

Post by Quigs »

Got a old computer to try ROS on real hardware...
All ROS cds give me a out of memory error, in fact Windows 98/95 did too, but they let me bypass it using an ignore memory switch to let me install them.

Anything similar for ROS?

Currently I have 98 installed, and ROS files copied from the CD on the hard drive, there has got to be a way for me to get it installed!
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Post by Gasmann »

Take a look at the ReactOS system requirements

Even when you bypass it I doubt it would work with too less ram cause it has no swap-support yet.
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Post by Quigs »

its got 48 mb of ram
I think it might mis report it during boot time.
Is it still or was it ever possible to run ROS from DOS?
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Post by Gasmann »

Quigs wrote:its got 48 mb of ram
I think it might mis report it during boot time.
Is it still or was it ever possible to run ROS from DOS?
It was possible using a boot.bat but doesn't work anymore.
However I can't really understand how it could complain if you have 48mb which is enough. :roll:
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Post by Quigs »

Can I somehow get boot.bat back and have it magically work? :lol:
I really want to run ROS on real hardware... :(
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Post by uniQ »

Can you say exactly why, where, when and how you get this error? Maybe get a pic if possible? Also, does the BIOS see all 48MB? Does Memtest find any errors? Can you reduce it to 32MB and see if that works?

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Post by Quigs »

more details..

"OS Load in Progress...


Memory allocation failed: out of memory.
Press any key <pressed>
Error opening freeldr.ini or file not found.
You need to re-install Freeloader.
Press any key to reboot. <pressed>

<it repeats... Im thinking the bios figured out if failed and told it to run again>

BIOS doesnt even have boot options....:(
its an HP, 233Mhz gonna hopefully find a BIOS update to fix this.
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24M Installs well in qemu

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Hello, I have successufully installed and run ROS in qemu with mem-swich decreased to 24M
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