HD Install :: Install problems

Hello, I'm new to DSL, and only been using Linux for a few months. I have an older PC I dug out from under the stairs and I'm trying to resesitate it before sending it to the computer graveyard. The hardware consist of a 150mhz Pentium, 32mb of ram, and currently a 500mb hd, although I've also tried using a 2gig hd and obtained the same results. Because the hardware is older, I'm using the syslinux install.

The problem, I'm receiving an error stating
Init: Panic: segmentation violation at 0x804e19a! sleeping for 30 seconds.

I've tried using different options when booting, dsl 2 base mem=32 failsafe etc, all to an avail. Although the hardware is older, according to the DSL web site, I meet the minimum requirements.

Thank you in advance for your help!

Is your cd media burnt correctly? (I'm assuming you meant the syslinux cd image)

Did you also try the super lowram method described in the wiki?
Also, the mem=32 should be mem=32M
Are there any errors before the panic?

0x804e19a (hexadecimal) = 134537626 (decimal)

It looks like DSL tries to access some memory around 134 MB - which you don't have. Try thehatsrule's suggestion. If it still doesn't work, try http://www.toms.net/rb/ and see if that boots. If it doesn't, some of your hardware may be too special.

The CD media is burt correctly, I checked it with md5sum. I'm using the syslinux cd image when I receive the INIT Panic errors.

I've tried the "lowram" option during boot, and this did not work either. Sorry about the typo with mem=32; I did use mem=32M when I tried the option at boot time - didn't work.

Using the current.iso and and a boot disk(floppy), I am able to get to a prompt root@tty1[dsl]# after hitting ctrl c to stop the following loop.

Code Sample

cloop: error -3 uncompressing block 99 65536/0/30902/0 1889597-1920499
I/O error: dev 0b:00, sector 3852
cloop: Read error at pos 1889597 in file /cdrom/Knoppix/Knoppix, 30902 bytes lost

I do receive a lot of other errors before getting to the loop in above code, but the errors scroll by so fast I cannot see them all. Here are a couple of the errors I was able to see:

Code Sample

IO error: dev 0b:00, sector 84204, another error is the same with the sector being 84208
scsi0: error on channel 0,id0, lun0, CDB: 0x03 00 00 00 40 00
cloop: error -3
The error INIT Panic error I receive continues to loop forever.

Being a newbie, I'm not sure what all this means, but I hope the information provided allows us to get DSL to run on this PC.

Just a thought, is it possible to install from the command line, now that I'm here?

If you can get to the cmd prompt, you can try running 'dmesg' for the log.

Sorry, I meant the 'super' failsafe method described in the wiki.

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