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Subject: Re: RAM disk too big
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On 2000-04-05 peter@nasa.gov said:
   >I have a 286 with 640Kb of RAM, and when I tried to install minix
   >it gives me a kernel panic because the ram disk is too big....what
   >can I do??
At the boot prompt, press Esc and then type "rootdisk=bootdisk".  That should
tell Minix not to use a ram disk.

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