Ok Griot, at least you are past grub and the problem is with the distro itself.
You also have a better idea of what to do when testing others.
Mike
Seems PL and DSL are the only distros left for older boxes
On the question if you want grub. Say yes and install it to / of where you have the AntiX root partition. it will reside /boot/grub as a menu.list instead of mbr.
Also. Best to use UUID instead of /dev/sdx in the kernel line. grub4dos will see it just fine. I usually when using grub4dos would chainload into antix and let antix grub /boot/grub/menu.lst take over loading the operating system from there.
Bug testing so you guys do not have to. Posting this now from
http://antix.freeforums.org/viewtopic.p ... 5&start=30
Which is pentium 3 1000hz with the newest xorg that hates savage chips and drivers because they are getting old as dirt.
PS. I bet the new kernels and new xorg will evenly hate sis chips and drivers also. Among other older gear.
Also. Best to use UUID instead of /dev/sdx in the kernel line. grub4dos will see it just fine. I usually when using grub4dos would chainload into antix and let antix grub /boot/grub/menu.lst take over loading the operating system from there.
Bug testing so you guys do not have to. Posting this now from
http://antix.freeforums.org/viewtopic.p ... 5&start=30
Which is pentium 3 1000hz with the newest xorg that hates savage chips and drivers because they are getting old as dirt.
PS. I bet the new kernels and new xorg will evenly hate sis chips and drivers also. Among other older gear.
There's a lot to hate about SIS chips... should never have been born comes to mind 
... was like walking through cold custard in hairy boots when I had one...
savage. was before rage 128 stuff IIRC... so yep getting old. The rage was quite good but then I discovered NVidia..... Ebay does have its useful side
Only bum is one machines AGP interface seems to have gone haywire
....messes up gaming on the olde beastie. Oh well back to the real world and salt water....
mike
... was like walking through cold custard in hairy boots when I had one...savage. was before rage 128 stuff IIRC... so yep getting old. The rage was quite good but then I discovered NVidia..... Ebay does have its useful side
Only bum is one machines AGP interface seems to have gone haywire
....messes up gaming on the olde beastie. Oh well back to the real world and salt water....mike
Ah yes the topic
Ok run slax6/nimblex with xfce4 on the pentium 3 compaqs with 512mb ram daily for several years now... works nicely thank you. Windows 2000 for the dark side, puppy and XP for playing...
Working on a lucid/slax based replacement as an all round replacement for all.... slowly.
By the way some switch cleaner in the AGP socket seems to have sorted it...fingers and other limbs crossed.
mike
Ok run slax6/nimblex with xfce4 on the pentium 3 compaqs with 512mb ram daily for several years now... works nicely thank you. Windows 2000 for the dark side, puppy and XP for playing...
Working on a lucid/slax based replacement as an all round replacement for all.... slowly.
By the way some switch cleaner in the AGP socket seems to have sorted it...fingers and other limbs crossed.
mike
Yeah, The P P dance can drop the pounds. Good exercise.fingers and other limbs crossed.
Finished up this netbook yesterday/today
http://antix.freeforums.org/post40117.html#p40117
http://antix.freeforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5570
The other netbook
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 655#833655