Arrgh!

K6-2 cpu I'm fixing up as a loaner for a friend. My friend prefers Windows, 
but I decided it would be a good chance to expose him to some Linux, so I 
decided to load Ubuntu on it as a second OS.
    To say the least, I am very disappointed. After spending several hours on the 
install, the video is stuck in 640x480, and the OS can't even find the 
ethernet card. I took another hour to find the video and LAN drivers I need 
to get it working properly, but the ones I've downloaded so far don't work at 
all. After more fruitless searching, I'm beginning to think the drivers I 
need for it simply don't exist. It's rapidly becoming an exercise in 
frustration.
    Fortunately, the Ubuntu partition booted up and ran without a flaw from the 
very start, with full SVGA resolution, and it logs onto my home network in a 
heartbeat. MEPIS, Puppy, and DSL ran just as well on it earlier, so that in 
itself tells me the hardware is working OK.
    After I finish with this last old box,  think I'll stick all my old Windows 
'98 and ME CDs in the toaster, and make expensive Christmas ornaments out of 
them so I won't be tempted to try this again!
    With tongue firmly in cheek,
    Stu

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