>On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, Robert Hailman wrote:
>
>> As some of you know, I have been having great difficulty installing Linux
>> onto my Windows 95 computer. So... looking for other ideas, I put together
>> this wonderful strategy... using my old 286 case, I put my old 486SX/25 into
>> a 486 motherboard. I buy 8MB ram, and a 3.5" drive as well as a 4X CD-ROM
>> drive. On my pentium, I copy the autoboot files on the CD to a Dos boot
>> disk, then I boot it up and install it that way on the 486. However, this
>> strategy is much more expensive than my previous attemps. Can anyone tell me
>> what the following will cost (total):
>> 486 motherboard
>> 8MB ram
>> 3.5" drive
>> 4X CD-Rom Drive
>> SVGA video card
>
>I don't know, but what problems are you having?
When I boot from floppy (which I have to), it just says LI. But don't worry,
I found out prices, so the question is rather moot.
Your Linux-Impaired Friend,
Robert Hailman
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