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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!phaedrus.kralizec.net.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!grumpy.fl.net.au!news.webspan.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.net.uk!nntpfeed.doc.ic.ac.uk!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!sunews!no.such.domain!markb From: markb@no.such.domain (Mark Blackman) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Help a FreeBSD ignoramus... Date: 31 Jan 1997 13:36:59 GMT Organization: Sirius Cybernetics, Sirius City branch Lines: 18 Message-ID: <5csshr$edp@susscsc1.rdg.ac.uk> References: <32F037FB.4D21@xmission.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: swpc30.reading.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:34902 Tyler Schutjer (tschutj@xmission.com) wrote: : I have the Walnut Creek CD, and have tried to execute the install.bat : from Windows, but I get the message, "sorry, can't allocate enough : memory." This is with 32MB of RAM, for crying out loud! So I try to run : the batch from DOS, but I get the message, "can't switch to protected : mode." : So I try the boot floppy, which works, until I get to the point where I : tell it that I want to install from a CD, and then I get some message : telling me that it can't find my CD-ROM drive, which I know is there, : cause Windows can see it. : ARRRGH! : Any advice?? Mebbe EMS driver (emm386.exe) is getting in the way of the install program. pure speculation. Try booting up without any EMS. Mark