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re: [2 GB is] insufficient memory to initialize Windows [98]!!
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 7:23 pm
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Posted by C K (6028 messages posted)

If you set your CD/DVD device to boot, and the bootable linux distro won't boot, 
you either have a hardware issue, a bad ISO image or a bad burn from the ISO, or 
the drivers needed for the new motherboards are not incorporated in the Linux package 
yet (in which case, it won't work).  All of the Ubuntu ISO's I have downloaded and 
burned for the past 2 years have booted in new and old machines without a problem, 
however, I haven't tried your particular Asus board yet.  You could have an issue 
between the motherboard and the optical drive.  I had the same issue on some earlier 
Asus boards.  It wouldn't get along with some brands of drives so it would corrupt 
the data.  There are multiple issues that could be effecting you on this one.

You can't have a typical DOS environment loaded and load/install Linux.  The two 
aren't compatible.

On Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 5:19 pm, dowyler wrote:

>Thanks gerg. I'm slightly disappointed learning I have too much RAM. 

>

>Would love a free copy of Ubuntu. Downloaded a copy of

>the ISO, burned as boot-able CD, and tried to install but won't run in DOS environment!!! 

>burned again. Works great on my XP machine, but can't get Ubuntu from there to my 

>"problem child" machine. 

>

>Got any ideas on getting a copy of any Linux dist. that I can install from a DOS 

>environment? I'm new to Linux so simple explanation of what I need to do and where 

>to go, if you know, would be helpful. 

>

>Will check out the work-a-rounds and see if something can be figured out. 

>

>In any event you have my thanks and gratitude. 

>

>Dowyler

Written in response to:: re: [2 GB is] insufficient memory to initialize Windows [98]!! (dowyler: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 5:19 pm)

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re: [2 GB is] insufficient memory to initialize Windows [98]!! (dowyler: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 7:31 am)

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Win98 will not complete install-insufficient memory to initialize windows? (dowyler: Tue, May 27, 2008, 9:05 am)

[2 GB is] insufficient memory to initialize Windows [98]!! (gewg_: Tue, May 27, 2008, 2:41 pm)

re: [2 GB is] insufficient memory to initialize Windows [98]!! (dowyler: Tue, May 27, 2008, 5:19 pm)

re: [2 GB is] insufficient memory to initialize Windows [98]!! (dowyler: Tue, May 27, 2008, 5:28 pm)

re: [2 GB is] insufficient memory to initialize Windows [98]!! (C K: Tue, May 27, 2008, 7:23 pm)

re: [2 GB is] insufficient memory to initialize Windows [98]!! (dowyler: Wed, May 28, 2008, 7:31 am)

Problem getting a burned CD to boot on old box (was: ...insufficient memory...) (gewg_: Wed, May 28, 2008, 12:00 pm)

re: Problem getting a burned CD to boot on old box (was: ...insufficient memory...) (dowyler: Wed, May 28, 2008, 1:20 pm)

re: Problem getting a burned CD to boot on old box (was: ...insufficient memory...) (gewg_: Wed, May 28, 2008, 2:09 pm)

re: [2 GB is] insufficient memory to initialize Windows [98]!! (C K: Tue, May 27, 2008, 7:43 pm)

re: [2 GB is] insufficient memory to initialize Windows [98]!! (gewg_: Tue, May 27, 2008, 7:44 pm)

re: [2 GB is] insufficient memory to initialize Windows [98]!! (dhm: Thu, May 29, 2008, 7:05 pm)

*Running* an OS from a bootable CD (was: ...insufficient memory...) (gewg_: Thu, May 29, 2008, 7:46 pm)

re: [2 GB is] insufficient memory to initialize Windows [98]!! (dowyler: Fri, May 30, 2008, 2:39 am)

re: [2 GB is] insufficient memory to initialize Windows [98]!! (dhm: Fri, May 30, 2008, 4:32 am)

re: Win98 will not complete install-insufficient memory to initialize windows? (Keith Stanier: Wed, May 28, 2008, 4:58 am)

re: Win98 will not complete install-insufficient memory to initialize windows? (genecorpus: Mon, Jun 16, 2008, 12:19 pm)

re: Win98 will not complete install-insufficient memory to initialize windows? (Rudolph Loew: Tue, Jul 15, 2008, 8:23 pm)

re: Win98 will not complete install-insufficient memory to initialize windows? (Kiwi: Thu, Jul 17, 2008, 6:44 am)

Full disclosure is nice when you spam forums (gewg_: Thu, Jul 17, 2008, 10:12 am)

re: Full disclosure is nice when you spam forums (Rudolph Loew: Thu, Jul 17, 2008, 1:25 pm)

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