Re: Weird stuff that I simply can't explain...

1998-08-20 Thread Tim Lines
The only thing I would add to this would be that you should probably take a close look at your BIOS settings. Most motherboards have a way of resetting their parameters to their (conservative) factory defaults. If your motherboard is set up to believe that it has 10ns memory when it really has 8

RH 5.1 Bare-bones Installation

1998-08-20 Thread Mike Hopkins
I am planning on installing RH 5.1 on a 486/33 that I have lying around. My goal is to get RH 5.1 working (text mode only...no X) and then install a MUD server. I only (at this time) have a 200MB hard drive in the machine. What are your recommendations for the most efficient way to install RH

Re: Weird stuff that I simply can't explain...

1998-08-20 Thread Jim Roland
Considering your problems, it could be several things. I would first check memory, either with an intensive hardware program like Troubleshooter, or even swap RAM out (it's so cheap now anyway ). Are your CPU, power supply, and case fans operating correctly? I've seen things happen strangely wi

Weird stuff that I simply can't explain...

1998-08-20 Thread Drew Sawyer
Hi everyone. I think I'm in over my head whith this stuff and was wondering if anyone could help me out. I'm using an NEC pentuim 166 box; Even when it's just running Win95, it gives you that 'dubious hardware' feeling, kind of a gut instinct, ya know? Well I put RedHat 5.1 on it so I could do so