Richard,
Turned out that flakey RAM was the problem. Just because it ran ok
with Windows did not mean it worked ok with Linux install.
The machine was an old hand-me-down, and so no manuals, etc. to look
into jumpering.
At your suggestion, I discovered that the NumLock key has an
interesting history with Linux. NumLock was not on, and so not the
cause of my install problem, but in checking into the BIOS setting I
disovered the BIOS was password protected, and no one knows the
password. So last night I persuaded my boss to use one of the new
machines she has ordered for the network and load Linux on one of
them. Why suffer?
We handle a lot of 'teenagers, and so she decided the old machine
would be loaded with Windows '95 and given to them to play
with. However, I'm tempted to leave Linux for them to really have
fun. But I've not yet persuaded her that Linux is the wave of the
future ;-) She's listening, though.
Haines Brown
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