Re: [SLUG] Linux Distro for Cheapie Acer PC

From: Ronald KA4INM Youvan (ka4inm@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Mon Dec 01 2003 - 23:28:52 EST


> My girlfriend's Windows 98 had the digital equivalent to a stroke, and I ran
> out of cusswords trying to re-install that OS from the CD-ROM. The computer
> is an Acer Aspire with an AMD i586 or i686 processor (K6?), 32Meg of RAM and
> a single expansion slot used by a winmodem. I successfully installed DOS 5.0,
> which tells me that the hardware is more or less OK.

   Not necessarily!

   DOS does NOT use over 1 meg of RAM no matter how hard it tries!

> Suggestions?

   Try the install with a loaner hard drive. Test the memory, then
test the memory more. Then try with loaner memory.

   Just generally helpful things to do.

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