Invalid realloc size of 0 when installing on an AMD athlonXP barton powered machine

From: Baldur Gislason (baldur_at_foo.is)
Date: 04/01/04

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Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 19:54:51 +0000

    I'm trying to install 5.2.1-rel from FTP with an intel 100Mb network card on
    an AMD AthlonXP barton 2500+ with an Aopen AK77-8XN motherboard and 1GB ram.
    When at 65% through extracting base, sysinstall crashes with the message:
    Fatal error: Invalid realloc size of 0! - PRESS ANY KEY TO REBOOT
    I know this is a very common problem these days, has any solution been found?
    I'd rather sell this machine than using some other operating system on it.

    Baldur

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