Hello Richard.

01 May 03 09:00, you wrote to Geo.:

 >> download knoppix (www.knoppix.com) burn it to CD and boot it on the
 >> machine. Should give you an idea of what hardware will be a problem
 >> and give you a taste of linux at the same time.

 RB> Thanks.

 RB> I've been trying to d/l Redhat 9 from their site w/o much luck, keeps
 RB> stalling for some reason.

Get it from www.linuxiso.org/

David

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