[Novalug] new OS for old hdw

[Beartooth]

On Wed, 30 Jan 2008, Ed James wrote:

> I'm going to assume ya meant FC8.  When I tried installing FC4 
> on one of my old machines, it got to the very end of the 
> install, then hung.  Some time later, I tried FC6, and it told 
> me upfront that I needed more RAM to run *before* I wasted a 
> bunch of time.  I added RAM, and things have been fine since.
>
> So, despite the phrasing of the message you got, is it possible 
> you just don't have enough RAM for the new system, and it's 
> giving up because of that?

 	Well, I suppose it might be giving the wrong error 
message -- it keeps giving it, no matter what CD is in the drive, 
even if there's none.

 	The odd thing is that at first it booted only from its 
hard drive; then I did spot what must have been part of the BIOS, 
which let me specify which to boot from : hard drive, CD, or 
floppy. It let me once. But now I can't even get it to do that 
any more. It comes up with that wrong-kernel message, and nothing 
else.

> I'm also wondering if in-between boot attempts, you turned off 
> the machine for 10 seconds, and tried again?  This is a 
> long-shot, but maybe some inappropriate code or settings needed 
> to be totally cleared from your machine?

 	I left it off all night. No difference.

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