setup error message: "not enough memory"

[Roland]

hello all,

I'm trying to install WIN XP Pro on an IBM ThinkPad R40.
In the textmode of the installation (after copying some
files) I get the following error message (translated from
german, so I don't know the exact words in an english
version): "Not enough memory. Setup cannot be continued.
Setup must be closed. Please press ENTER."

I've tried 512 MB RAM or 256 MB RAM, I've changed the RAM-
modules - the error message is always the same.

Has anyone suggestions what it might be?

Thanks
Roland

 

[SimonW]

I have experienced this problem and it was to do with available DOS
(textmode) memory.
However, I had lots of extras loading in the DOS boot such as network client
software, a RAM drive, a CD driver and smartdrv.

In the end I got rid of the most of it except smartdrv and everything went
OK.

How are you accessing the WINXPPRO media?

 

[Guest]

How are you accessing the WINXPPRO media?
I'm accessing it through network.

Now I've disabled EMM386.EXE in CONFIG.SYS and the first
tests look like it might work.

thanks
Roland