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QIMO installation problem

Asked by planck2007

I am trying to install QIMO on an old texas travelmate extensa notebook and the installer does not go past the partitioner. In practice I choose how to partition the hard disk, then I go to the next panel where I enter the machine name the primary username etc and then when I click "Install" the program returns to the partitioner. The behaviour is independent of how I decide to partition the disk.

I have read somewhere that at least 256MB RAM are necessary for the installer, while my machine has just 128 MB. Could this be the problem? If so, is there any way to bypass it (e.g. a textual installer)?

Thanks

Daniele

PS: I have tried QIMO with the live CD on the same machine and it works, although it is too slow to be really usable because of CDROM very slow access

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Best Michael Hall (mhall119) said : 		#1

You can sometimes install Qimo with 192MB or memory, but I've never had success with anything less. When memory is the problem, it usually will happen when it tries to partition or start the actual install. We don't currently have a text-mode installer, sorry.

Your best bet is to use the Ubuntu 9.04 alternate cd (9.10 won't work), install that with the text-mode installer, then download the qimo-desktop from my PPA https://launchpad.net/~mhall119/+archive/ppa to add the Qimo games, artwork and "qimo" user account. You will need an internet connection for it to download all the other dependencies.

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planck2007 (aniello-mennella) said : 		#2

Thanks mhall119, that solved my question.