On Sunday 28 December 2003 18:33, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-12-28 at 07:45, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Sunday 28 December 2003 12:35, Morten Andersen wrote:
> > > I'm trying to install mandrake 9.2 on my old AMD-K6-2 350 MHz
> > > machine. But the installation process freezes on "Loading
> > > program into memory". There are 128 MB Ram on the machine.
> > >
> > > Should I just throw out the machine or can I install mandrake
> > > on it?
> >
> > I think 9.2 might be a strain on a 350MHz machine, on top of
> > which the K6 processors were not entirely standard.
>
> I don't think it has ever been a processor issue; I think it has
> always been a support chipset issue.  Unless you happen to be
> talking about the K5 series; now the early versions of THOSE did
> have problems.
>
Could be that is what was in the back of my mind :-)

> Most of the time when stuff like this happens with a K6 it's a mobo
> or memory thing.
>
In which case, more detail about the hardware might help?

Anne
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