low memory warning during installation

[Arun Bhanu]

On 04:45 Thu 11 Nov     , Dave Lundy wrote:
> I'm attempting to install Ubuntu on an old P133 with only 32 MB of RAM, 
> which I've read should be enough.  However, I repeatedly get "Entering low 
> memory mode" warnings stating "This system has relatively little free 
> memory... You should set up swap space as soon as possible."  Great!  How 
> do I do that?
> 
> I've had a fair amount of Linux experience, but virtually none with 
> Debian.  I used Ctl-Alt-F2 to get a shell and attempted to partition the 
> drive so I could create a swap partition, but couldn't find any 
> partitioning program (fdisk, cfdisk, etc.).  So how the heck am I supposed 
> to set up swap space?  I also tried using the automatic partitioner but it 
> aborted with the same Entering low memory mode message.

Installer comes with parted. If you can get to the 'Configure the
network' screen parted would be loaded by then. You can use that to
create the swap space.

Cheers,
Arun...