david wrote: > I have an ancient machine that ran FC1 just fine. With how much RAM? If you don't have 256M or more you should probably avoid any but the lighter distros and WMs. > Should I discard the computer, or is there some magic boot parameter that > might work? > Or some alternate solution, since floppys are too small. I have many old systems, and most have various flavors of K6 CPU. I'd find out just how much CPU your motherboard supports (what motherboard is it?), then find the fastest one available that it will support, preferably (possibly after a BIOS upgrade) to a + flavor, such as K6/2+ 550 or a K6-III+ 450 or 500 (run at 550 or 600). The non-+ can go pretty cheap on eBay, and at this late date, even + shouldn't be that outrageous. The 2+ has improved performance over non-+, mostly via more cache. The III+ is for all practical purposes an Athlon for Socket 7. I had 2 systems given to me 2 weeks ago. One had a MVP4 chipset with K6/2-350 CPU, which I promptly changed to a K6/2-550 without needing a BIOS upgrade. -- Jesus Christ is the reason for the season. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/
