Whixh Distro Is Right For Me?

A2TheRizzo · 10-29-2005, 11:14 AM

Ok, well I have an old Dell Dimmension Desktop pc with pentiumII processor. I only have 64 MB of ram, and I used to have Windows 98 until I accidentally reformatted without saving anything. I just tried to install Slackware last night but all I get its a screen full of 99s. Please help me!!

Rojon · 10-29-2005, 11:25 AM

Isn't that something to do with lilo, the 99s? Did a quick search, here's a post that might help.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ghlight=999999

titanium_geek · 10-29-2005, 11:38 AM

take this quiz:
http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/

it should tell you the type of distro that suits your personality.

titanium_geek

XavierP · 10-29-2005, 01:36 PM

Happy Birthday Titanium_Geek

linuxusr1986 · 10-29-2005, 02:54 PM

i reccoment that you give dsl linux a try its only 50 megs and it shopul run on most any machine it even runs on a 486dx with 16 megs or ram

check ou their website
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ they will give you the full specs it even runs off of a usb flash memory stick.

A2TheRizzo · 10-29-2005, 03:04 PM

Okay I just took the quiz, it said Mandriva was a perfect match..
I tried booting slackware once more, it still couldn't find vmloadlinuz, and then it said the kernel panicked.. Is there any way to remove slackware from my computer so I can try and install Mandriva?? Oh, and Damn Small Linux was what I was using before, I want to try and use a stationary OS.

XavierP · 10-29-2005, 03:06 PM

Just install Mandrake from disk and tell it to use the Slackware partition - it will overwrite it all.

A2TheRizzo · 10-29-2005, 03:08 PM

I just tried that, I get the Lilo error message with a screen full of 99's.

titanium_geek · 10-29-2005, 04:01 PM

ok, so you installed mandrake succesfully and still are getting the errors?

can you get in using some kind of boot floppy and reconfigure the bootloader?

titanium_geek

linuxdemos.com · 10-29-2005, 04:11 PM

Feather Linux is a very capable distro for old hardware and has a few more features than Damn Small Linux.

A2TheRizzo · 10-29-2005, 04:45 PM

Ok well I just wiped Slackware clean off my hard disk, and I currently have DSL up and running at the moment. I really want to access the internet I have a netgear usb adapter but the install cd is for windows only

. Isn't there a program where I can run windows programs in Linux?

Charred · 10-29-2005, 05:16 PM

Happy Birthday t_g!

titanium_geek · 10-29-2005, 05:28 PM

Quote:

Isn't there a program where I can run windows programs in Linux?

it's called wine

thanks charred and everyone- it's been a good birthday.

titanium_geek

A2TheRizzo · 10-29-2005, 05:34 PM

No, thank you t_g. You've been a lot of help to me!!

linuxusr1986 · 10-30-2005, 01:11 AM

if you didnt know you can install dsl to a hard drive, the frugal instyall is very similar tothe cd and there is another install that will make it in to a working debian distro