Re: text based install with FC1 on an old pentium

[kevin anthony]

> Subject:
> text based install with FC1 on an old pentium
> From:
> kevin anthony 
> Date:
> Sun, 31 Oct 2004 01:43:16 -0400
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> Hi, I'm trying to install FC1 on an old pentuim machine.  Its a 75 mhz 
> with a 850 meg hd. I try the install but when i get asked the question 
> its time to install i hit proceed and it does nothing and then after a 
> bit i get and error and it shuts down.  I have tried several times and 
> sometimes i get farther sometimes not.  Any help would be aprcieated.
>
> Thant you, Kevin

I forgot to mention that it will not boot from cd and that it does not 
dos on it so i can not access the disk to get the boot floppies.  I 
downloaded the boot disk and root disk image to my hard drive but could 
not copy it to a formatted floppy i would get an error saying file to 
big for the disk.  I was lucky and found my install disks from a 
slackware 3.5 install i had done years ago.

Thanks for all of the help. I figured out the problem i think i was 
using the wrong distro.  I used slackware and it went great.

That was my first post here and am a bit disappointed.  I guess I was 
not controversial or wanting something more exotic.  I was just trying 
to get some help with a simple install on an old computer so my son and 
i can learn command line and not tie up my main linux box in the process.

Sorry don't mean to bitch or whine just frustrated.
Kevin

text based install with FC1 on an old pentium

[Tim]

On Sun, 2004-10-31 at 20:41, kevin anthony wrote:
> > Subject:
> > text based install with FC1 on an old pentium
> > From:
> > kevin anthony 
> > Date:
> > Sun, 31 Oct 2004 01:43:16 -0400
> > To:
> > [e-mail]
> >
> > To:
> > [e-mail]
> >
> > Hi, I'm trying to install FC1 on an old pentuim machine.  Its a 75 mhz 
> > with a 850 meg hd. I try the install but when i get asked the question 
> > its time to install i hit proceed and it does nothing and then after a 
> > bit i get and error and it shuts down.  I have tried several times and 
> > sometimes i get farther sometimes not.  Any help would be aprcieated.
> >
> > Thant you, Kevin
>
> I forgot to mention that it will not boot from cd and that it does not 
> dos on it so i can not access the disk to get the boot floppies.  I 
> downloaded the boot disk and root disk image to my hard drive but could 
> not copy it to a formatted floppy i would get an error saying file to 
> big for the disk.  I was lucky and found my install disks from a 
> slackware 3.5 install i had done years ago.
>
> Thanks for all of the help. I figured out the problem i think i was 
> using the wrong distro.  I used slackware and it went great.
>
> That was my first post here and am a bit disappointed.  I guess I was 
> not controversial or wanting something more exotic.  I was just trying 
> to get some help with a simple install on an old computer so my son and 
> i can learn command line and not tie up my main linux box in the process.
>
> Sorry don't mean to bitch or whine just frustrated.
> Kevin

I don't know how but I'm sure you can only install a minimum
installation with out X and use the text install.  I'm sure some one
else has the answer.  Or you could drop back a few versions of Red Hat
to see if it will run on your machine.  When your FC boots does it ask
how you want to install?  I can't remember what the start up asks for.

Tim...

text based install with FC1 on an old pentium

[Tim]

On Sun, 2004-10-31 at 22:35, Timothy Payne wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-10-31 at 20:41, kevin anthony wrote:
> > > Subject:
> > > text based install with FC1 on an old pentium
> > > From:
> > > kevin anthony 
> > > Date:
> > > Sun, 31 Oct 2004 01:43:16 -0400
> > > To:
> > > [e-mail]
> > >
> > > To:
> > > [e-mail]
> > >
> > > Hi, I'm trying to install FC1 on an old pentuim machine.  Its a 75 mhz 
> > > with a 850 meg hd. I try the install but when i get asked the question 
> > > its time to install i hit proceed and it does nothing and then after a 
> > > bit i get and error and it shuts down.  I have tried several times and 
> > > sometimes i get farther sometimes not.  Any help would be aprcieated.
> > >
> > > Thant you, Kevin
> >
> > I forgot to mention that it will not boot from cd and that it does not 
> > dos on it so i can not access the disk to get the boot floppies.  I 
> > downloaded the boot disk and root disk image to my hard drive but could 
> > not copy it to a formatted floppy i would get an error saying file to 
> > big for the disk.  I was lucky and found my install disks from a 
> > slackware 3.5 install i had done years ago.
> >
> > Thanks for all of the help. I figured out the problem i think i was 
> > using the wrong distro.  I used slackware and it went great.
> >
> > That was my first post here and am a bit disappointed.  I guess I was 
> > not controversial or wanting something more exotic.  I was just trying 
> > to get some help with a simple install on an old computer so my son and 
> > i can learn command line and not tie up my main linux box in the process.
> >
> > Sorry don't mean to bitch or whine just frustrated.
> > Kevin
>
> I don't know how but I'm sure you can only install a minimum
> installation with out X and use the text install.  I'm sure some one
> else has the answer.  Or you could drop back a few versions of Red Hat
> to see if it will run on your machine.  When your FC boots does it ask
> how you want to install?  I can't remember what the start up asks for.
>
> Tim...

I forgot to mention ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/
You might want to google your machine speces, but small Linux will run
on just about anything.

T