[KLUG Members] Re: Install issues -- Bad Intel, trying out Linux installers but not Linux?

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Wed, 2002-06-05 at 10:28, Adam Bultman wrote:
> Bizarre.  I finally got Red Hat installed.  I almost got debian installed
> (I kicked the plug out) but slackware still complained.  Then I threw the
> CDs and accidentally scratched them, making them useless.
> Anyway, I baked the RH install by accidentally nuking lilo. (no, I didn't
> use GRUB).  after that, when I would try to boot from my slack CD to just
> get back into RH, I couldn't (crc error).  I'm burning woody and beehive
> linux to CD as we speak, and if I find the newest slackware on iso, I'll
> try that. But it appears that I got it installed. I took out all other
> parts frm the computer (sound, tv card, other drives, etc) and it worked!.
> However, it still looks like a computer show threw up in my basement.

My best advise is to install and stick with one distro.  Don't try to
install a number of distros and try them all out.  Because you aren't
trying out different versions of Linux, you're trying out different
versions of Linux installers.  As such, you're not learning Linux --
seen it hundreds of times.  ;-P

> Did I mention this? The beeps were from my VIDEO CARD. I put in another
> video card, and it stopped beeping like that.  STupid Matrox...

Actually, if it's the problem I'm thinking of, you should say "stupid
Intel."  First generation AGP cards had a mechanical problem.  The
problem was that Intel's draft AGP 1.0 spec differed from the final AGP
1.0 spec.  The difference was 0.5mm in position from the bracket.  As
such, I had many first-gen AGP cards from ATI, Hercules, Matrox and
others do this.  The fix?  A simple 0.5mm spacer on the bracket around
the DB15 that added 0.5mm to the length of the card.

-- Bryan

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