Install 2.3 on 4400/200

[Dwight Hahn]

I tried on a 7200 with a 2GB hard drive and failed about
5 consecutive times, even though it seems that is enough
space for both operating systems. Then I tried on a G3
with a 9GB hd  and got it going on the 1st try. I think
you need more space than 1.2 GB.

>Hi all
>
>I=B4m trying, with no results so far, to install YDL 2.3 on a 4400/200 with
>1.2 GB HD & 48Mb RAM. I have split the HD in half (600Mb each partition).
>
>OK i know it=B4s far from a decent configuration, but for now i just want t=
o
>test-drive Linux, then i might migrate the rest of the Macs...
>
>The problem is this: bootX installation and restart run fine, text interfac=
e
>is the only option because RAM is < 64, ok, but the installer can=B4t mount
>the CD, either in default or custom modes.
>
>Is this because there's not enough RAM / HD space? The CD drive is
>recognised, i tried using an external CDRW and the installer reported havin=
g
>detected both, but still didn't load the YDL CD on any drive.
>
>I made the CD from an image (.iso) dloaded from one of the mirrors on the
>YDL page, could it be a bad .image file?
>
>Any fellow newbie got past this stage?
>
>Thanx
>
>LE
>
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