Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 13 Feb 2002 15:09:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 13 Feb 2002 15:09:35 -0500 Received: from lightning.swansea.linux.org.uk ([194.168.151.1]:18700 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 13 Feb 2002 15:09:26 -0500 Subject: Re: Kernel 2.2.20 RAM requirements To: pitt@gmx.at (Christoph Pittracher) Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 20:23:20 +0000 (GMT) Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200202131947.40915@pitt4u.2y.net> from "Christoph Pittracher" at Feb 13, 2002 07:57:29 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: From: Alan Cox Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > I wanted to boot kernel version 2.2.20 on my old Pentium 75Mhz system > with 16MB RAM. After "uncompressing linux" i get a: "Out Of Memory -- > System halted". > Kernel version 2.2.19 works without problems (same kernel > configuration). I didn't tried 2.4 kernels yet, but I wonder that > 2.2.20 needs so much memory? It doesn't. What boot loader are you using ? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/