On Saturday 27 December 2003 22:14, Simon Kempf Danebod wrote: > I have an old laptop > TOSHIBA S320CDS / 3.8 GB HD Pentium 233 MHz MMX > 32 MB EDO RAM > 12,1" Dual Scan (800 x 600) > build in 20x CD > > And I am trying to install MANDRAKE 9.2 > I have the following problems > 1) I have succeeded in installing MANDRAKE 9.2 but the computer > crashed when it came to the configuration of the PCMCIA. I have > tried to reinstall MANDRAKE but it crashed every time (crashed= the > PC freezes up and only resetting works). I have tried text and > rescue with the same result! 2) I have also tried to Fdisk my HD > but to no avail. I am not able to Fdisk my HD because of the > existence of a logical drive, but as I try to erase the logical > drive it tells me that this do not exists. > > a) First I would like to be able to install MANDRAKE on my old > laptop! Does anyone know how to without it crashing on the PCMICA > configuration? > > b) How do I clean my HD completely and thereby releasing recourses? > > > Sincerely yours > Newbie Simon
32 MB RAM is not enough to install recent Mandrake distros. Is there any chance of getting more RAM in? Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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