I agree with Thomas... Try different memory. robert jorgenson wrote: > > okay first thing i started messing around with the zip/bigslack and i could boot just fine to both of them from the boot disk...but when i use the .bat file they inckude it > fails during loading. I dont know whats up with that it dont make sense....so when i found out i could boot from the zipdisk i unzipped bigslack and booted into it but it > wasn't working right most likely because of some of the files not being unzipped(i got a few warnings when unzipping them) i will try pulling everything out installing > one of the fresh distro's. Also everytime i try to install mandrake it says something about installation aborted abnormally and it just stops and shutsdown...it doesn't say > why it failed or anything. > > 11/2/01 9:56:39 AM, "Thomas Mondoshawan Tate" wrote: > > >On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 12:19:24AM -0700, Richard L. Proctor wrote: > >> On Thursday 01 November 2001 10:53 pm, you wrote: > >> > 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 > >> > >> Try RedHat > > > >Well... that's a rather counterproductive statement, isn't it? He's having > >problems with the Linux kernel and/or a hardware device -- not the > >distribution. Trying yet another distribution won't have much of a > >difference, I'll wager. Besdies, he's tried zipslack and bigslack > >(typicially v2.0 to v2.2 of the Linux kernel), and SuSE and Mandrake > >(typicially v2.2 to v2.4 of the Linux kernel), which would logicially prove > >that it's a hardware issue, NOT a software issue. > > > >So... My suggestion is that you pull out all non-essential parts from the > >computer and attempt to boot one of the distros -- doesn't matter which one, > >as long as it doesn't reboot, you'll know it's one of the cards you pulled > >out. If it does the same rebooting thing, chances are it's a core part of > >the system hardware. > > > >It sounds to me like it's awfully like a memory problem. Try downloading a > >memory testing program (memtest86 comes to mind) and checking it. > > > >One question: is this a hand-built machine, or a prebuilt one? If it's > >prebuilt, what is the model number and manufacturer of the machine? > > > >-- > >Thomas "Mondoshawan" Tate > >phoenix@psy.ed.asu.edu > >http://tank.dyndns.org > > > > ________________________________________________ > 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 -- Kevin O'Connor "People will be free to devote themselves to activities that are fun, such as programming, after spending the necessary ten hours a week on required tasks such as legislation, family counseling, robot repair and asteroid prospecting. There will be no need to be able to make a living from programming." The GNU Manifesto - Copyright (C) 1985, 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.