[KLUG Members] win98 to kubuntu to win98

[Mark Bystry]

this is a compaq armada 100s amd k6-2, 533mhz, with 192mb ram. i got kubuntu installed on it but it 
was soooo flaky that i re-formatted. i kept getting weird boot-up errors. i eventually got into the 
gui login. breezy was very fast by the way. but a crappy install left me paranoid. i got about 
80-90% into a win2000 install before it hung up 3 times in various spots. at that point i was sooo 
frustrated that i fell back onto win98se because that's what was stamped on the thing in the first 
place.

i have to agree at this stage. i think i have some hardware related issues. i have win98se fully 
installed but no usb and pcmcia work at all. it's really too bad because it's a nice little laptop 
(except for it's age). i like to fiddle with older machines but all i have been doing with this one 
is swearing at it. not really interested in dropping money on the thing until i find the problem. so 
at this point it may just collect some dust for a while.

Mark Bystry
SuSE 10.0
KDE 3.4.2


Adam Tauno Williams wrote the following on 2/13/2006 8:33 AM:
>>> well, the 250mg partition is still there but I formatted it...oops. i 
>>> found that this laptop is more trouble then it's worth. all that i am 
>>> able to put on it is win98se. every other os chokes...win2000, winxp, 
>>> suse 10, ubuntu breezy. i wanted to try damn small linux but ran out 
>>> of patience.
> 
> In that case I'd suspect something pathological with the laptop.  All
> the OSs that choke are truly 32-bit preemptive OSs,  Windows 98 isn't.
> If Win98 is the only one that runs I suspect their is something deeply
> wrong with the laptop (bad memory, etc...)  LINUX in console mode (minus
> X) should "run" on just about every bit of hardware you can find.
> 
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