Many patched BIOSs are available here: http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/J.Steunebrink/k6plus.htm#patched They're free. Use at your own risk. Use the BIOS flash utility from your motherboard manufacturer and your systems will be useable for a few more years. On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 16:42:03 +1000, Michael D. Setzer II <mikes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In addition to the other reply. I've recently installed FC3 on two K6 2 > 300Mhz machine with 192MB ram and 256MB. Tried to use a 3GB > drive, but wasn't enough space for the workstartion install, so was > able to get it with a 5GB drive. You might want to try switching the > 40GB drive as the master, if not a problem > > You might also what to look at the bug report, it has an update that > deals with hard drive setups. It includes an update to the disk setup. > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=138419 > > On 30 Dec 2004 at 16:46, Simon Slater wrote: > > > > > Being a newbie to Linux, I am attempting to install Fedora from CDâs supplied with ht book ÅOfficial > > Fedora Companion onto an AMD K6/200 with 256MB RAM; 1x2.1GB and 1x40GB (only 20GB of > > which is recognized). I am encountering 2 error messages: > > > > * Å/dev/hdb is inconsistent Â. Linux detected BIOS geometry incorrectly  Using LBA is > > recommended. Both hard drives are in BIOS as LBA. > > > > > > * ÅYou are trying to install on a machine which is not supported by this release of Fedora > > Core > > > > > > These CDâs installed successfully onto a PII with 64MB RAM, but ran slowly. Are these > > messages related, or is the AMD platform a problem? Where should I go from here? > > > > Simon > > > > > > > +----------------------------------------------------------+ > Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor > Guam Community College Computer Center > mailto:mikes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.guam.net/home/mikes > Guam - Where America's Day Begins > +----------------------------------------------------------+ > > http://setiathome.berkeley.edu > Number of Seti Units Returned: 15,189 > Processing time: 29 years, 280 days, 8 hours, 49 minutes > (Total Hours: 260,769) > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
