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Installing: Program too big to fit in memory.

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First post, by akuyume

Posted on 2006-11-15, 02:43

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When I launch the installer a command prompt window opens, flashes "program too big to fit in memory" and proceeds to close. Also, I've noticed that my computer is treating the installer itself as a DOS app (I've tried and had the same results for win32-installer versions .65 and .63), ie its creating a "Shortcut to MS-DOS Program" link when I view the file's properties.

As to my computer per forum guidelines...Windows XP w/SP2, I've no idea what my mobo is, I've got 512 MB RAM, a 1.7GHz processor, a GeForce4... MX 2000(I think) with 128MB(I know)... and I'm going to say the rest doesn't apply... heck vid card doesn't either...

Reply 1 of 12, by akuyume

Posted on 2006-11-15, 02:47

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also before anyone asks, i had 200MB free RAM when I've tried both versions.

Reply 2 of 12, by Qbix

Posted on 2006-11-15, 07:15

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weird. What happends if you just click on the installer ?

Water flows down the stream
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Reply 3 of 12, by vasyl

Posted on 2006-11-15, 07:45

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That behavior is not unusual for damaged executables. Try re-downloading. If you are using some older browser, make sure it does not play any tricks like saving binary file as text. Run disk check and virus check.

Reply 4 of 12, by akuyume

Posted on 2006-11-16, 02:21

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i'm using getright to d/l. i've also used plain and simple firefox (the latest version). i'm dialup, but i've downloaded 100MB+ installers w/o fail so i don't see why this small thing would cause such a problem (i noticed if i open it as text it doesn't say "This program cannot be run in DOS mode"). i'll try to d/l from another mirror...

Reply 5 of 12, by akuyume

Posted on 2006-11-16, 02:26

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hmm... come to think of it i may have had a similar problem with getright a long time ago...i'm going to try fdm instead...i'll update in a few.

Reply 6 of 12, by MiniMax

Posted on 2006-11-16, 11:01

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akuyume - if you post the checksum of your downloaded file here, then we can easily check if it was damaged.

http://md5summer.org/

Reply 7 of 12, by akuyume

Posted on 2006-11-17, 01:50

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hmm... why didn't i think of that...🤣...the hash for DOSBox0.65-win32-installer.exe is 119af2b858793cb0e3bd44e905f8d813

Reply 8 of 12, by MiniMax

Posted on 2006-11-17, 02:04

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I:> md5sum DOSBox0.65-win32-installer.exe
62784527766c8a554c91cb71878f7894 *DOSBox0.65-win32-installer.exe

Reply 9 of 12, by akuyume

Posted on 2006-11-17, 03:10

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about the tenth time i downloaded it it worked. go figure. (where´s the slash on german keyboard anyhow...🤣)

Reply 10 of 12, by wd

Posted on 2006-11-17, 11:07

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> where´s the slash on german keyboard anyhow...

readme

Reply 11 of 12, by MiniMax

Posted on 2006-11-17, 11:53

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akuyume wrote:
about the tenth time i downloaded it it worked. go figure. (where´s the slash on german keyboard anyhow...🤣)

Bzzztt! Wrong question.
The right question is: Where is the \ on an US keyboard?
Answer: Next to the SHIFT-key on the right side.

Reply 12 of 12, by Dominus

Posted on 2006-11-17, 12:05

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yep. readme is a good place to start. But for now, the slash on an US Keyboard setting on a German keyboard is at #
(I'm posting this because on a typical German keyboard that key is ABOVE the shift-key)

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