[st33med]

I'm trying to put DSL(Damn small linux(pardon my french)) on my Aptiva 2162 that is REALLLLY old. It was collecting dust for the longest time till I decided to put Linux on it. For some reason, it will not boot off the CD and asks for a floppy via a picture. I then found, after the longest time searching, a floppy image (Smart Boot Manager) that will allow me to boot off of the CD... but the computer won't even boot off of that! It just freezes.
I have already wiped off the Hard drive, so I cannot access Windows 95 for any reason. I can, however, use another computer to download or burn anything onto a floppy or CD. I have already tried to modify my BIOS to load the CD first(Doesn't work).


Specifics:

• 32 MB memory
  2 MB ATI Rage II (Sad, isn't it?)
  4 GB two HD
  Floppy and CD Drive separate from the tower
  233Mhz Intel MMX
  IBM Aptiva 2162

[Old Bob]

sd33med,

Do you -

1) Put your Linux CD in the drive
2) Shutdown & reboot your computer

What happens when it starts up ????

[st33med]

Actually, I got it to run. I just had to use another boot floppy specifically for DSL. It now is working.

But now, I have two questions:

1) Does Linux support External Ethernet from USB 1.1? (Or 2.0... I don't know which it has)
2) Is there any other Linux distros that run on my ancient, awful IBM Aptiva that you would recommend. If I got the best one, well that's dandy.

[Old Bob]

st33med,

You might do better also posting on this Forum.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/index.php?