The odd thing is though ... that I forgot to mention ... is that online
reviews of the motherboard indicate that RH8 installs fine, etc. ... which I
experienced ... but no mention of it crashing with updates, etc.  Grrrrrr!!

Randy

p.s.  I could not get XP to install either.
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Brock Noland [mailto:brockn at gmail.com]
  Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 3:06 PM
  To: Randy Clarksean
  Cc: tclug
  Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Linux Install Troubles



  I could not get ANYTHING installed ( or even get the Gentoo LiveCD
booted!!) on this OLD 300Mhz system they gave me at work. So I booted it
with a knoppix CD in text mode and then started the Gentoo install fromt
there. Worked like a charm and it has been running for over 100 days with no
problems.

  So I guess to see if the hardware is really bad I would try a Knoppix cd?
I *believe* they are better at covering hardware.



  On 5/22/05, Randy Clarksean <rclark at lakesplus.com> wrote:

    I must be out to lunch ... as I am having serious install problems on
one
    particular set of hardware.  I am beginning to think the hardware is
jinxed
    for some reason.

    Configuration:

    Iwill dual processor board (Xeon)
            [DP533 board, Intel 7505 chipset]
    RAM: 2 GB (2 sets of 2 different brand 512 MB sticks)
    2 IDE drives (80 GB IDE0 and 120 GB IDE1)
    CD Burner
    Plenty of cooling fans, etc.
    No SCSI hardware, etc.
    NVidia AGP card (128 MB)

    I have tried installing the following Linux Oses with little success

    RH9 - crashes during the start of the install process
    RH8 - will install, but when updating with apt-get ... gnome starts to
    crash.
    Suse9 - crashed during install
    Fedora Core 3 - crashes when starting to install software
                    (formats drives, etc. fine; have done md5sum check on
iso files)
                    (crashes on different files; says issue is media, lack
of space,
                            or hardware related problem)
                    (set bios safe default values)

    Has anyone ever had such difficulties in getting a system to install?  I
    REALLY need this system to get up and running.  Some suggestions on
possible
    trouble shooting tips, or ways to get past these crashes would be
greatly
    appreciated.

    Thanks in advance.

    Randy


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