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 -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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