On Monday 09 December 2002 10:23 am, Jones, Robert wrote: > I've gone through hell to get ML9 installed on a 4.5GB hard drive I had > going spare. > > Tried it first on a Pentium I 90Mhz with 64MB RAM using every floppy disk > image in the book... no dice. > > Then tried it on a Pentium II 266MhZ with 256MB RAM using every floppy > image in the book... no dice. > > Third try was on a Pentium 4 1.6GhZ with 512MB DDR RAM using the CD-ROM > image... beautiful install first time. Booted no problem; I played with it > for a few minutes then shut it down no problem. > > Here's the problem: the P4 is my everyday machine running WinXP and isn't > the machine I want Linux installed on. So, I removed the 4.5GB hard drive > with the fresh ML9 install, returned my WinXP to its regular config for > everyday use, and installed the Linux hard drive in my Pentium II (see > above). This machine boots, but it only boots into text mode... I don't get > a GUI of any kind. > > My thinking is that the Linux config is expecting a P4 and all the hardware > that was on that machine. Is there any way I can reconfigure the Linux > setup WITHOUT having to reinstall it (since I already know it won't install > on the PII machine)??? > > ANY help is appreciated! > > Thanks in advance, > > Robert it is not the p4, but the video chipset, and the MOBO chipset. try running XFdrake.
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