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[mcmorj <question77445@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Question #77445 on Ubuntu changed:
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    Status: Answered => Open

mcmorj is still having a problem:
Hi there, I think you are focusing on the wrong part of the Story.

I have already mentioned that I have tried many different hardware
combinations, VGA cards, bare minimum, CDROMS (three) etc. I am not
trying to prove linux does not work, I am merely saying that the
ISOLINUX loader seems to fail regardless of the distro - for whatever
reason.

I have also considered all the suggestions, most of which I have
previously tried anyway.

The fact for my situation remains that PC that will boot Win98, WinXp,
W2K, Bootable CDs (like Hirons) quite happily, will not load Linux. And
more galling is that this PC certainly did have linux on it in the past,
and nothing has materially changed with the hardware.

I am an adovcate of Linux, I would love to have older hardware living on
in some usable way - not thrown in the scrap like so many PCs I see at
the Dump (we are talking P4s here).

I have also tried other install methods like network install - but no
success. I don't like to see this little server ends it's days waiting
for the crusher - thats all !

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