Please please help!

**StillTrying** · 02-13-2007

I have tried 3 differnt distros of Linux on and older computer .. I am not exactly sure what is in it really, cant seem to find that. 256 ram is about all i really know.. It was shipped with windows me some odd years ago and it has a celeron processor.. I have installed freespire, ubuntu and now mepis...My problem is everytime I open a program or two everything freezes.. I have tried control + Alt+ F1 and about everything else I can think of but I have to end up shutting it down.. Should I just try to put ME back on it or is there something I can do to fix/repair the problem I keep having with this?? Please help I am trying to find a favorite linux distro to put on my new system but am afraid because they keep freezing up everytime I try to do anything..
I am not afraid of term comands..

Thanks for any help you can offer..

**wingruntled** · 02-13-2007

Hi StillT
If you didn't wipe out your ME you may be able to get it back by booting from a 98se or ME boot diskette and type "fdisk /mbr" without the quotes thou

If you are having problems with getting linux to run, try Puppy Linux. It runs from a CD and installs completely into ram. It's a nice lite weight distro. It's good for getting your feet wet or for on the road usage.

**zeeone** · 02-13-2007

Which version of Mepis are you using? Does your computer work ok using the live disk?

**StillTrying** · 02-13-2007

Well it looks like I do not have windows on there anymore..

So I am not sure what to do.. I have Mepis 6.06 on there at the moment but none so far is working i will try pup and see if I still have the same problem. I was so hoping Linux would work.

I am just afraid to put it on this system if it is messing up so bad on the other one. This one is A LOT newer and as of yet I have not ever had any problems with it but I do not want to invite any either.

Thanks so much

**minthaka** · 02-13-2007

Well, Mepis would not work under PIII processor.

**joe5** · 02-13-2007

Minthaka:
Try Damn Small Linux. It's 50 MB is size, and can be run off the CD without installing. You may have to get a friend to download and burn the CD as your computer is not working well. Joe5

**zeeone** · 02-20-2007

Originally Posted by minthaka

Well, Mepis would not work under PIII processor.

Well, I have Mepis working on an PIII 1 gig machine, on an 650 mhz AMD slot A, on two AMD K6-II 500mhz machines, and your point is?

**StillTrying** · 02-20-2007

Thank you for the replies and sorry for the long pause..

Ok I have grown tired of playing with an older computer and not getting where I want to go. I have a great friend who got a laptop and had a desk top collecting dust and we worked out a deal, some home spun yarn and some other stuff and it is now mine!!!! Specks are :

AMD 64 3500
512 ram
200 Gig hard drive

Now my new probem is this.. I put in my SimplyMepis CD and looks like it is loading and then it stops at :
GRUB: _

This is NOT what I saw during my other attempts and just wanted to know what this means and how do I move forward.. I am writing this from a live cd of ubuntu and so I am not understanding why KDE will not load.. I also tried pclinuxos and that brought me to the same exact place.. I am not giving up please dont get me wrong, I have nothing against GNOME and I have read that you can change ubuntu to "look or feel" more like KDE (or be KDE, I do not know I am still very new ) and I like ubuntu but became very fond of KDE using live cds....

What does this new (to me) screen mean??

**minthaka** · 02-20-2007

I mean, the Mepis 6.0 Live CD didn't want to work with a PIII 800MHz processor and 128MB RAM and 8MB of graphical memory. probably the installed version would work better.

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