[ale] Strange problem

[William Bagwell]

On Sunday 08 June 2003 01:38 pm, Irv Mullins wrote:
> I've got an older pc that I thought I would set up to experiment with
> networking. I tried Mdk 7.1 thru 9.1, RH 7.1, SuSE 6.4, Knoppix,
> and FreeBSD 4.7. ALL failed to load, hanging up the computer with
> "loading initrd.img" message or "loading vmlinuz" messages - IOW,
> right at the start. I tried several CD drives.
>
> However, Slack 4.0 and Win 98 loaded without a hitch, and run fine.
> Anyone know what the problem could be? Processor (Cyrix 6x86MX)
> not compatible with the other versions mentioned?

Have you tested the RAM?  Had one recently that would install 98SE but 
not Mdk 8.0 or 9.0 turned out bad memory was the main problem.
-- 
William
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