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Posted: Nov. 25 2005,18:20 QUOTE
I'll run DSL but it will hang at the gray screen with the X on it.
The computer is very old (Presario CDS 524). Does anyone have any suggestions.

BTW: I had to use a Smart Boot floppy disk to get the cd to boot (bios too old).
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Posted: Nov. 26 2005,03:49 QUOTE
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lowram

at the boot prompt.
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