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Hi :
I am a new user for Debian/Linux . I planned to Install the
Debian-Linux on an old machine
which was composed of the following parts to learn this
powerful OS :
1. IWill P55TV motherboard , with an Adaptec AIC7860 SCSI
controller onboard ( and I have
always kept the BIOS version to be the newest
)
2. an AMD K6-233 CPU
3. 96 MB RAM (32MB x 2 and 16 MB x 2 )
4. A VGA card with S3Trio64V+ chip and 2MB RAM .
5. Two SCSI harddisk dirves .
But since the first time I tried to install the OS on my
mechine, it always reboot over and
over . I've tried installing from floppies and CDROMs , and I'v tried Debian
v2.1r.1 , v2.1r.2
, v2.1r.3 , but the problem remained
. Then I borrowed an AMD K5-PR100 CPU to replaced
the K6-233 CPU
and then it worked ! After I had completed the installation , I switched
the
CPU back to K6 and it worked allright , but only for a few
days ! Then it began to reboot
over and over again each time . I tried
to re-install the entire system with K5-100
and switched
back to K6 after completing the installation , but it won't
work anymore . Then I learned form
the Linux Hardware-HOWTO that : "
AMD K5 and K6 work good, although older versions of
K6 should be avoided as they are buggy. Setting "internal
cache" disabled in bios setup can be a
workaround. " So I followed the suggestion to disable the "
CPU internal cache " in BIOS setup ,
but the problem remained . I have tried to boot my mechine by
using DOS on a floppy disk and
by using Windows NT 4.0 on a temporarily installed
harddisk drive , it seems to work
allright . So I think it should not be any
hardware failure in my mechine . So is there anyone to
tell me how to solve this problem ? Thanks !
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