Back in the UK they called me the Hardware king .. especially after i got all of the hardware of my Dell Latitude 266XT laptop working 100% without any issues. I bet i can get slackware working on both these machines... Nige ----- Original Message ----- From: "robert jorgenson" To: "PLUG" Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 10:53 PM Subject: newbies linux adventure > okay i had an old p1 133 mhz computer and i couldn't get linux installed on it for some reason(hardware related) and EBo was gonna help me out with it but something unfortunate happened to that box :( My friend > hooked me up with another box it also has a p1 133 mhz and i dont know what board it has, but i cant get linux installed on this either, most of the hardware is same as old one(HDD, ram, floppy, cdrom, NIC, sound, > video etc...). So my question is does anyone know where i can get some old hardware that will work in this box that will work with linux, i am pretty sure it has something to do with either the HD or the video card. okay i > just remembered this one utility that inventorys your pc and tells you everything so i will list the important stuff. > > main circuit board: BIOS: Award Software 4.50PG 09/07/95 > video: S3 Trio32/64 PCI (732/764) [Display adapter] > HDD: Generic IDE hard disk drive (2.15 GB) -- drive 0 - i happen to remeber this being a fujitsu but i cant remember which model > > if anyone knows why those wouldn't work or where i can get stuff to replace them(cheaply if possible) i would appreciate it. BTW so far i have tried to install SuSE, mandrake, and zipslack and bigslack > > -thanx > > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >