[lug] 1 GB RAM boot problems

[Peter Hutnick]

Gabriel Westmaas said:
> Hello,
>
> I am fairly new to linux, so I am hoping this is just something easy
> that I overlooked.  Whenever I try to boot (or install) Mandrake 9.0,
> 9.1 or RedHat 8.1 with 1GB of RAM, I get a blank screen and the caps and
> scroll lock flash at me.  I was able to install 9.0 by taking out half
> the RAM, but now that the full GB is back in, I can only boot by going
> into failsafe mode.  Does anyone know how I can boot normally and use
> all of my memory?

You should use Red Hat's "enterprise" kernel, or whatever the equivalent
is in Mandrake.  See your distro documentation.

-Peter