On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 03:26:34PM -0500, 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. > You still haven't really told us what your hardware is. I've got an AMD K6-3 400 on an Asus P5A motherboard that's successfully run Fedora (Core 1, 2, and 3) on 64 megs of RAM (now 192 megs) for over a year. It's got an old Riva TNT video card. What motherboard are you using? What graphics card? Do you have the latest BIOS for this motherbaord? You said you had and 8 gig hard drive, anything else (CD-ROM, add on cards, etc)? Is it IDE or SCSI? These kind of details help.
