I previously wrote: > Installation fails on this old machine shortly after hitting return at the > 'Boot Parameters' prompt using the standard bootdisk. Linux 1.2.13 runs fine.
Additional info: after hitting return I get from 3 to 6 dots and then a 'bad disk' message. The disk is not bad, however. I divine from the messages I have seen that this is a problem with the boot loader on the boot disk, not linux. Also, that disabling cache may work to get by this problem. Unfortunately, disabling cache did not work. This machine is old but useful. I am helping a school district in Maine which has many such old machines and will likely be donated a lot more. We are trying to standardize on Debian so that the 20 to 50 people involved in support across the 10 buildings and 200 square miles of the district will have a common approach. The easy thing to do would be to upgrade the motherboard. Anyone have any other suggestions? Thanks, Michael Laing