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Help - Can't install on IBM PC



Greetings;

Yesterday I tried to install Debian on an IBM NetVista model 2254.
This is a 1.+ Mhz Pentium that was running Win2k satisfactorily but
has recently been replaced.

I tried to install Debian from the iso cd image #1 but no luck.
Same results when I tried several other linux distribs. The machine
resets and reboots at what looks like the end of the hardware
scan phase. At that point the screen goes blank and a few seconds
later it starts the POST.

The machine runs all the DOS type stuff and Partition Magig just fine.

BTW, I put the CD drive and the HDs in an AMD-K? box and I could
install fine on it so the media and storage are definitly OK.

I spent several hours searching the IBM site to no avail. I am
hoping that someone here might be able to shed some light on this
problem, and maybe have a solution too!

Many TIA,
Dennis




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