I'm using knoppix (the bootable CD distro) as a test to see whether my old hardware will run Linux. I have Mandrake 9.0 downloading right now. I know this is a MDK mailing list, but I really need to know that Linux will work before I shell out on some networking hardware. Knoppix is able load sometimes, most times not. The machine is an Acer P200 with 64Mb RAM, CDROM, integrtaed ATI graphics, USB, 2Gb HDD. I'm only able to get it to boot by disabling hardware detection for SCSI, usb, agp, pcmcia, and disabling the swap file. Even aftter doing this, it only boots OK once in every 15 attempts, but other times it just hangs on a black screen or gives the following error:
===================================== crc error <6> Freeing initrd memory 475k freed Kernal panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:01 ===================================== When I saw crc error, I burnt another CD just in case I had a bad burn on the first CD, but I'm still getting inconsistant results, mostly bad. Is it knoppix's (the bootable CD distro) problem or is it my hardware? I only have 2 days to return it (the hardware), it was recently bought 2nd hand. Thanks for your advice, Brad
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