Re: Linux installation, memory problems??
From: Jacob Westenbach (westy528_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 09/04/03
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Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 17:44:52 GMT
"Jason Adams" <jadams@bu.edu> wrote in message
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> I've tried installing a number of Linux distributions on an older gateway
> desktop. The machine has an Athlon processor (987 mhz) and 384 megs of new
> pc 133 ram. The motherboard is not a brand name and because of that there
is
> not a lot of support for it. I have tried installing Red Hat 9.0, Debian
and
> Mandrake 9.1 and even loading Knoppix but whenever I hit enter to install,
a
> bunch of addresses fly by that look like memory addresses. I have tried
> different kernel configs (specifying memory size), hard drive configs,
> different cd roms and also I bought a new stick of pc133 ram to try and I
> still have the same results. My bios looks fine and I have set it to
> defaults with no luck. Another weird issue with this machine is that
Windows
> XP loads up fine, a previous install. Any help would be greatly
appreciated
>
It would be helpful to know exactly which motherboard you are trying to use.
Ditto for the bios make and revision data.
JW
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