Re: Older Debian Linux version hangs when detecting hardware
On Monday 16 February 2009, Martin Willcocks wrote:
> I have an older Debian Linux version that came with Corel WordPerfect
> 8, and it had been working satisfactorily on my somewhat ancient 170MHz
> Pentium computer system with 128Mb RAM, but Lilo stopped working about
> a year ago. Despite several attempts, I've been unable to run it since
> this happened. I then tried installing other Linux versions, but none
> would work.
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> I also want to run
> Corel WordPerfect 8, as it has features that are not available in
> OpenOffice or other word-processing programs I've tried. The computer
> is networked and is capable of accessing the Internet.
i know you mentioned no 'computerese' , but...
corel wordperfefct 8, requires libc5 to run. corel linux was built with a
combination of debian releases of slink potato, pretty old stuff. i
think debian woody had libc5 in old-libs section and wp8 ran in woody.
imho, if you 'have to run wp8, then running an older version of debian,
would be better than using corel linux, if available, maybe here;
http://www.debian.org/distrib/archive
>
> Is there a utility program that can determine the faulty system
> component and/or install Linux without that component working?
> Any other suggestions welcome, but don't talk computerese, please!
hardware prolems can be diagnosed with a disc such as;
http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page
--
Peace
Greg Madden
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