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| Problem booting linux |
 Feb 22 2012, 11:58 AM
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Whats this Lie-nix Thing?  Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 22-February 12 Member No.: 17,458  |
Hello,
I’ve been trying to revive an old computer, but I’m having a lot of problems booting almost every linux distro i tried (all lightweight). When the computer tries to boot from the CD, I either get a ISOLINUX error or the computer completely freezes. The only distro I’m able to run is Damn Small Linux and only the version that uses the SYSLINUX bootloader. I think the problem is that the BIOS does not support current bootloaders. I would like to know which other distros still support old bootloaders like SYSLINUX or if there is anything else I could do. Thanks |
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Feb 22 2012, 01:41 PM
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Its GNU/Linuxhelp.net Group: Support Specialist Posts: 1,630 Joined: 23-January 03 Member No.: 360 |
Not much to go on...
Can you provide some information about your computer? i.e hardware, amount of RAM etc. |
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Feb 22 2012, 06:57 PM
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Whats this Lie-nix Thing? Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 22-February 12 Member No.: 17,458 |
The computer is a intel Celeron MMX 333 MHz with 192 Mb (64 + 128) of RAM a 4 Gb old HDD and a 40 Gb HDD I just added.
It originally came with win98. |
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Feb 23 2012, 07:07 AM
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Its GNU/Linuxhelp.net Group: Support Specialist Posts: 1,630 Joined: 23-January 03 Member No.: 360 |
What distributions have you tried?
antix would be good choice. |
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Feb 23 2012, 07:54 AM
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Whats this Lie-nix Thing? Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 22-February 12 Member No.: 17,458 |
Besides damn small linux (using SYSLINUX and ISOLINUX) I tried antiX, puppy, feather and one or two more that I can’t recall right now.
The only on that worked was damn small linux using SYSLINUX. |
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Feb 23 2012, 08:53 AM
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Its GNU/Linuxhelp.net Group: Support Specialist Posts: 1,630 Joined: 23-January 03 Member No.: 360 |
Not sure what the problem might be due to.
tinycore might work. |
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