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Posted: Feb. 22 2006,21:48 QUOTE
Hi again folks !
This laptop is a 486 dx/2 20mb ram 500mb hd
i have a boot up disk and a "poormans boot"
but still with vga=normal or vga = 769 it takes forever to boot and machine is really slow ....
i just cant make the danm thing work  :angry:  :p
Anyone up for the challenge ????
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Posted: Feb. 22 2006,21:52 QUOTE
I think you may need to start with fb640x480 and the low RAM options.

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Posted: Feb. 22 2006,22:39 QUOTE
Quote (green guy @ Feb. 22 2006,16:48)
Hi again folks !
This laptop is a 486 dx/2 20mb ram 500mb hd
i have a boot up disk and a "poormans boot"
but still with vga=normal or vga = 769 it takes forever to boot and machine is really slow ....
i just cant make the danm thing work  :angry:  :p
Anyone up for the challenge ????

a little worng ... the prosessor is a 486 dx4 not dx2 , my bad  :p
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Posted: Feb. 22 2006,22:43 QUOTE
hi ! thanks for your reply .
I hvae tried with fb640x480 and got some kind of error
something with cant find the kernel image .......
Im now trying a hd install with a linux partition and a linux swap partition ... its not finished yet ....
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Posted: Feb. 22 2006,22:45 QUOTE
do you think the dsl 1,5 is the right one for this machine ?
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