moon Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 Right, well my 5-disc Suse 9.1 has just turned up. eBay, five quid delivered. Fingers crossed on the quality. I've got a 386 here with 256MB RAM and a 4Gig Hard drive. It's currently running 98SE. Will that run it and how do you suggest I go about the installation ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhat Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 That should run it yes. Just limit what the installation installs in the way of applications and you should be good :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 For God's sake, Moon, back up/copy/write to cd/etc all your valuable stuff (and settings etc) before you start. Somewhere along the way your HD will need partitioning and that can lead to all sorts of happy times. Your "distro" (as the jargon has it) may do it for you or you may have to do it yourself, but either way there is a potential for enormous carnage, particularly if you have got a dodgy CD set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 um I moved this because it wasn't really a user guide!!! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted July 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 Well no. A user guide is what I'm hoping it will turn into. :D I was going to wipe Windows, format the HD and install Linux on its jack. I was wondering if there was anything I needed to know. :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhat Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 Nope not really, installation is pretty self explanitory as you go through it :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted July 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 So, just type 'setup' at the 'A'prompt and I'm in business ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhat Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 Looks that way :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 A 386? :blink: :whistling: It will run. I hope you like molasses moon.There is about 4.5 gigs of software if you choose the option to install everything, so certainly avoid that. Choose the default but add development files so you can install software from source if you ever need to.When presented with the partitioning option, just tell it to use the whole disk. I wouldn't count on it running "very well" Think windows XP on a 386 and you get the idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted July 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 It will run. I hope you like molasses moon.Rofl !! :D 98SE runs on it quite nippy. It will be a very interesting experience , I'm sure. :D Cheers for the advice, cheps. I'll load it tomorrow . I'm currently sorting through the 4GB that's on it to see I've there's anything useful before I top it. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted July 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Question; This old box runs 98SE quite well. If it eventuates that Suse 9.1 Pro doesn't take to it too well, how do I uninstall it so that I can reinstall 98SE ? Hopefully, it won't be necessary but if it is I'll save the Suse for a new machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhat Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 If needs be, just boot from the Win98 CD and go through the installation process. It should format it to FAT32 for you :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted July 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Cheers, redhat. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted July 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Hmm. What's the command from the A prompt ? I've got eff-all happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhat Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Command to do what? :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted July 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 To install the first Suse CD from my CD-ROm drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhat Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 :unsure: You got your Bios set to boot from CD and then booting from the first disk? You shouldn't need an A prompt... :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted July 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 You jerking me around ? :D I asked that earlier on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhat Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Ooops musta misread what ya had written, my apologies :) I assure you I ain't jerkin owt lmao :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted July 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 You can go boil your mobo. I'll sort it meself. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 I don't think you can load linux from a floppy, unless your using a floppy distro.You'll need to change your bios to boot from a CD. If your CD is bootable, you'll have no problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Yes you can load linux from floppy, there is a utility that is included with 99% of the distributions, it is on the first CD and the floppy can be created in windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted July 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 Thanks Bruce. I couldn't get the Suse CD to load. It may or may not be a faulty copy. The Windows CD loaded with no problem so I confess to defeating my own ambitions by reloading 98SE. I'll make a bootable floppy as you suggest and try again. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 Are these copied disks, or originals moon?If they are copies and they won't boot then I wouldn't bother making a boot floppy, if SuSE wouldn't boot from the first CD, then disk is likely bad, and I wouldn't attempt to install them.test the CD in another PC, just attempt to boot up with it, no need to worry it won't alter the system, or install anything until about 10 steps into theprocess, so a simple boot test will be harmless. If it boots, you can exit with the good old three finger salute, or the reset switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 Yes you can load linux from floppy, there is a utility that is included with 99% of the distributions, it is on the first CD and the floppy can be created in windows.What exactly is the utility?I'm installing FC2 tomorrow hopefully, and though I know I can boot from the CD, just wondering just in case. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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