On 5/20/10, Rares Aioanei <schaiba@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thursday, May 20, 2010 09:20:31 pm Mercury Rising wrote: >> hi, >> >> I got so tired of windows problems - viruses, screen - computer > freezes, I >> just stuck in a Linux for non-geeks CD and loaded it. It wiped my > hard >> drive as expected, but I kept getting an error near the end of the > install. That was when I was using the Linux For Non-Geeks 2 CD set. >> A friend gave me another Linux loader, but it gives me an error > saying my BIOS >> was 1997 and I needed a a 2000 BIOS or better. That loader is "Freespire". The error message says: "[0.0000001 ACPI:BIOS Age (1997) fail cutoff (2000) force is required to enable APCI" Blue loading line oscillates and red hard drive light stays on continuously after that. > The machine has a Pentium 3 >> with 550 MHz CPU with over 700 Megs memory but a small hard > drive of just >> 10 Gigs with a swappable drive in pull out bay with a grab bar. I was >> using Windows XP Pro 2000 for OS. I installed a USB 2.0 on it that > worked >> most of the time. The computer also has USB 1.0 hardware as well. >> I have done a lot of Google searches to see if I could >> find Linux and a GUI that would be as easy as a Mac or XP > environment for >> a 1997 BIOS machine. >> >> Any ideas on a good Linux load for such an old machine? With the > XP I >> could print to a office jet 7410 all-in-one printer, scanner fax with > no >> problems. >> >> Browsing the Internet was ok, but video - youtube was mostly non- > worable - >> mostly too slow. > Ok, let's take it one step at a time : > 1. We will need the error message you got related to the BIOS. > 2. What did you mean when saying that you installed a USB 2.0 on > it? > 3. I think you have chances to find Fedora appropriate for your > system, with carefully chosen applications installed. > -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
