Linux Pentium Pro 200 screen blank

[Kdiver58]

Just for kicks and giggles I'm trying to get Linux Mandrake 9.0 to run on an old Pentium Pro 200 . I boot off the floppy and hit enter it starts to load . The bar graph arcoss the bottom gets about 3/4 of the way and then the screen goes blank . Everything I read the computer should be plenty for a minimum install .

Pentium Pro 200
64 megs of ram
matrox milenium video card
42max CD rom

The machine runs fine under NT 4.0 , 95 and 98
I'm new at this and using this as a learning tool .

Thanks Kdiver

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

when it blacks out, has it entered graphical mode yet, or is it still in text mode? did you try the text install?

 

[Kdiver58]

It is still in text mode and I haven't done the text install . Looks like I need to do some more work. It also looks like a 1 gig drive is on the small side . Well since I posted I put the drive in my main computer and saw what it was doing . It looks like the old video card I am using is not supported. Time for me to do some more work . Thanks .. Kdiver

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

im guessing the card was an isa card?

some isa cards dont like to be probed and just lock up the machine when they do, thats probably what happened.

 

[Kdiver58]

It's an old Matrox Millenium PCI . I went to the Matrox site and looked at drivers and compatability and it said "none planned" . I then went to the Mandrake Linux site and the Millenium is not listed just the Millenium II . I went out and bought a ATI PCI card and am getting ready to install it as we speak. I'll let you know . Thanks for your help. Kdiver