oprogue

I'm attempting to install linux on an old HP Vectra 500 which orginally had Win95. The box has a P1 processor with 48 Mb ram and a 1.2 gig HD. I've partitioned the HD with partition magic with a 300 Mb Dos partition (fresh install of Win95), a 200 Mb Linux swap partition, and the remainder as a linux partition. I've attempted to boot DSL (Damn Small Linux) and Puppy Linux; without avail it will start the kernal during the install, reconize the hd, then the cd-rom, then vapor locks with "Bad EIP value". "Unable to handle kernal NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000 ... Code: Bad EIP value." All help appreciated!

Need to add ... I don't have a floopy, I use a usb jump drive instead.

I have the same problem, but with IDE drives. Does the Fedora release 3 address this issue? What is the work around? Thanks, op.