After everything that was recommended I'm still not able to get any OS loaded up on this old laptop. I've come to the conclusion that it may be a hard drive issue and if so I don't see any reason to proceed with this installation and it's really not worth investing any money in it
I can actually buy 2 machines used machines which are 64 bit for about $80 with no OS on it
It's a very old laptop and I think I've gotten my money worth. The reason I say it must be a hard ware issue is because I try a number of Linux distributions on this machines and I can not get any of them to install including 2.8 which was already installed, I was trying out a new OS and I guess I pushed this machine to its limits
I just wanted to thank you guys for your time and advice..
I can actually buy 2 machines used machines which are 64 bit for about $80 with no OS on it
It's a very old laptop and I think I've gotten my money worth. The reason I say it must be a hard ware issue is because I try a number of Linux distributions on this machines and I can not get any of them to install including 2.8 which was already installed, I was trying out a new OS and I guess I pushed this machine to its limits
I just wanted to thank you guys for your time and advice..