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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!bofh.dot!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!longacre.demon.co.uk From: searle@longacre.demon.co.uk (Michael Searle) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: invalid compression format (kernel) Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1996 11:43:43 BST Lines: 22 Message-ID: <nD9F8A706@longacre.demon.co.uk> References: <4p3q11$ncb@hickory.westol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: longacre.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: longacre.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Offlite 0.09 / Termite Internet for Acorn RISC OS ka3ffy@westol.com wrote: > > hello. > every time i try to install the boot.flp to a 486dx2/66 it boots up okay > but when it tries to uncompress the kernel, i get an error of invalid > compresstion format > i only have four meg of ram, mitsumi cd-rom drive , ide hard drive, > ne2000 , > anyone kow what the minium memory alowed? and how can i fix this > problem. Minimum memory allowed to install is 5 megs with the standard boot floppy, but there is another one (boot4.flp or something like that) that works in 4 megs. -- Michael Searle - searle@longacre.demon.co.uk