I am having a problem with win2k on a sony vaio.  it likes to crash a
lot.  I might go with redhat on it.  its an old 233 with 160megs of ram.

--mat || Quick!! Act as if nothing has happened!

On Sun, 2003-01-19 at 15:37, Doug Riddle wrote:
> Originally I was thinking of making the machine a dual boot.  At this
> point I solved most of the glitches in Mandrake.  I am still trying
> to get the original CD for it.  It staggers me that Linux will load
> on a Gateway and MS Windows 98 blows up completely during the
> install.  Now wonder Dell is beating Gateway's corporate head in. 
> What a piece of trash!
> 
> Now I am backing up her old PC a P-200/128MB Ram/6 Gig HDD to the
> Gateway.  I am going to reload her old PC (which crashes two or three
> times a day).  I am putting a legal copy of Win98 on it, and
> everything else will be Open Source.
> 
> Doug
> 
> 
> --- Mat Branyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Maybe it just has one of those motherboards that isn't compatible.
> > It
> > happens every now and again.  You can probably search google for
> > "g6-400
> > linux" and get a bunch of mailing lists with people of similar
> > problems.  Is there a reason you are trying 8.2.  Maybe you should
> > try a
> > distribution with a different kernel or recompiling the kernel you
> > have.  Just a few thoughts.
> > 
> > --mat
> > 
> > On Sun, 2003-01-19 at 09:11, Doug Riddle wrote:
> > > A friend gave me their old PC for my daughter to take to college.
> >  It
> > > is a Gateway G6-400.  It has a 9 gig drive, and 128 MB of ram.  I
> > > have ordered a replacement floppy drive for it.  I do not have
> > the
> > > original CD(s), although I am trying to contact the friend to see
> > if
> > > they still have them, or it.
> > > 
> > > I loaded Mandrake 8.2, but Nautilus and Konqueror keep locking
> > up.  I
> > > had to power off once just to get out of the terminal window. 
> > Any
> > > suggestions as to what might be happening here?
> > > 
> > > 
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> > > 
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