> I tried relentlessly over the last weekend to install Linux and was
> unsuccessful. What am I missing?
>
> Here's what I have:
> old 486DX2/66 with 20MB RAM, AMI BIOS circa 08/08/1994
> Trident ISA video card
> DaynaPORT ISA NIC
> Fujitsu 4.3GB hard drive
> 40X CDROM, standard Floppy Drive
>
> Here's what I did:
> Having just purchased the hard drive, I installed it, inserted a Linux
> Mandrake 6 boot disk and rebooted. The install began but froze at the
> point where it say "Running Install". Note, my BIOS does not allow a boot
> from the CD, so I was out of luck there.
>
> I then placed a Redhat 5.2 boot.img in the FD and rebooted. The install
> process recognized the Mandrake CD and appeared to have installed (2.5 hrs
> later). Upon restarting, LILO froze at the letter I, only LI printed on
> the screen. I recognized this problem as one that I'd seen on mailing
> lists, however, I wanted to at least perform an install to the point where
> I could reboot and configure manually so I decided to try again from
> scratch.
>
> I rebooted with a DOS disk and ran FDISK, deleting the Linux Partition and
> Swap Partition. I rebooted again, ran FDISK and proceeded to create a
> Primary DOS partition. At this point, FDISK indicated that the maximum
> available space for the partition was 470MB. What? Why did this happen?
>
> So basically, I need to know how to start an install from scratch?
>
> Also, should I just invest in a cheap TX motherboard and P133 or
> something, in order to avoid the limitations of the old motherboard?
> Should I be able to install considering my hardware?
>
> I really want to add a Linux workstation to my Network (2 Win98 machines
> networked using SyGate). Eventually, I'd like to eliminate Win98 server
> and replace it with Linux.
>
> Any assistance is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Bill
