[ILUG] Problem installing Linux on Via C3 Processor

[Jaqian]

Did you have to compile it yourself or download it? I couldn't compile a
shopping list never mind anything else :)

Rob

2008/10/19 Andrew McCarthy <andrewmc-ilug at celt.dias.ie>

> On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 10:36:49AM +0100, Jaqian wrote:
> > Hi
> > I'm having terrible trouble installing any distro on my laptop other than
> > the now defunct Freespire. I've come to the conclusion this is down to my
> > laptops processor Via C3 (Nehemiah). I'd like to install Kubuntu on my
> > laptop but this doesn't seem possible at the moment. Any suggestions on
> how
> > I might work around this?
> >
> > Here are  my cpu's details if it makes sense to anyone...
>
> I have a similar one, a Via Samuel 2, and the best I ever got to work
> was a Debian 486 kernel, certainly not a 686 one.
>
> Andrew
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