On 28/09/06, South Walney Information Management <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A client has an old PC, which was running Windows 98 which had become > tired and she lacks the original Windows 98 didks as she bought the > machine second hand. Somewhere along the line she managed to format the > hard disk so that Win 98 will no longer boot. > > I have suggested that this machine is a prime candidate for XUbuntu. > Unfortunately, when I tried to install XUbuntu from the CD, I discovered > that the BIOS wasn't able to recognise the CD in order to boot from it. > > I made a Linux rescue floppy and was then able to read the XUbuntu CD > but not boot from it. What I could do was make a floppy from sbm.bin, > which would then allow me to boot from the CD-ROM. > > It was then quickly evident that memory was low because the nascent > XUbunto could not access swap space on the hard disk. It tried gamely, > running through keyboard selection and hardware detection, but > eventually turned up its little feet with the message > > <0>Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt > > What I think I need to do is to get a rescue floppy or CD which will > enable me to format and repartition the hard disk. Although I may be wrong. > > Does anybody have any suggestions? > What is the spec of the machine?
Also have you tried the alternative install rather than the live install or is that what you are doing? --- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > -- Seek That Thy Might Know -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/