On Sat, 2005-01-08 at 20:26, Andrew Blechman wrote: > Hello. > I am relatively new to Linux and decided that I would use my old computer > to play around with it. It is an AMD K6-3 400MHz machine. I have been > trying to install various Linux platforms, and none of them work! I have > used Redhat in the past so I decided to try Fedora Core 3; but when I > insert the CD it gives me the boot screen, and after pressing the enter > key it just goes to a black screen with a flashing curser. I'm pretty > sure the CD's are okay (I downloaded them) since I tried the same thing on > my newer computer and it went to the installation page without a hitch. > > Does anyone have any ideas? I'm starting to get very frustrated with all > the failed attempts. I've tried Knoppix and SuSE, and they don't work > either. The only one that worked was DSL, but I'd rather have something > a little better. Also, DSL seems to only be a CD boot, and I wanted to > put it on my hard drive. > > Thanks to anyone who can help me! Try typing linux text at the boot screen, this should put the system install into a text mode rather than a graphics mode using x-widows. Rob
