This reminds of threads I saw back in the late 90's when I first joined the PLUG list.
Linux is at a point now to where it will work with almost any off the shelf computer. I don't think you will have any problems at all getting a basic linux system up. You might see problems with the specific network card that you are trying to use and will need to research that a bit. Grant On 12/21/05, Michael Huston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My original box had a hardware malfunction, and I need to replace it, > but haven't gotten around to it. Right now, there's a Gateway E-1400 > that I want to dual-boot with linux and windows 98, but cannot find any > information on this model. I have tried booting into Ubuntu or however > that's spelled, with no luck. I manage to load everything and get a > graphical login screen for a split second, but then it crashes the > graphical login and pops up a message that it has crashed and will try > again in 15 seconds or some such. > > I have googled it, searched linuxcompatible.org etc, but haven't found > anything about getting linux on this box. Does anyone know if this is > possible? Does anyone know if there's a distro that I can load that > will support a netgear wg311v2 without any messy driver compiling, as > well as not crash when trying to load the GUI on a gateway e-1400? > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
