Installing S10 on Armade M700

I am attempting to install Solaris 10 on an old Compaq Armada M700, prior to trying for 'real' on an IBM I am hunting for on eBay.
It only has 192M of RAM, but running the graphical installer is okay. However, I soon get the following msg:
/sbin/install-setup: fork failed - too many processes
Requesting System Maintanance Mode
(see /lib/svc/share/README for more information.)
Console login service(s) cannot run
Directly executing sulogin
then a # prompt...
Just wondering if this is a result of the small amount of RAM, or some other problem.
Thanks,

Hello pargoo,
I have also an old M700 with 192MB memory and an 700MHz processor. My problem is, that the notebook boots from the self-made CDs, but it stops when Solaris search the configuration. Maybe you have an hint for me?
Best regards
Africanjoe

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