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Compaq - Windows Installation Error - On to Linux

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thereds

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I have old Compaq (yes, I know) P133, 48MB Ram. Almost a year ago it started acting funny on me and I decided to reformat and reinstall Windows 98. During the installation of Windows 98, an error would pop up saying there is some critical error and the installation couldn't complete. I tried to reinstall again. Same thing. Then once, it completed the installation, but Windows couldn't load due to some error. I'm sorry I don't remember what the errors were since its been almost a year. What could this error be due to?

I have a new computer and the old Compaq just lies there. I would like to make it a linux box. Is this possible with the errors the computer was encountering during the Windows setup?

Do help.

Thanks.
 
its possible, but the errors were probably hardware related. either memory or hdd. linux will probably run (i've seen it run on fried o/c'd cpus) but will probably crash too. it might make it easier to find the problem though
 
Linux seems to be a little more sensitive to unstable hardware though, so if something is fried it'll make linux crash more (since linux stresses the system more).
 
It all depends on the system and exactly whats wrong. There are patches to let the kernel use bad sticks of ram. In the case I mentioned about the friends cpu it ran unlike windows, however when it crashed, it was rather hard.
 
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