Felix Miata <mrma...@earthlink.net> writes: > Rodolfo Medina composed on 2017-06-10 1+:50 (UTC+0100): > . >> ...as I described, Debian doesn't even manage to start up on that machine... >> and that's my problem... I don't use Windows and so the machine is there >> permanently unused, waiting and hoping for next Debian releases to work in >> the next - not too far - future... > . Give Knoppix a try. If any Debian can, if any Linux can, odds are > extremely high that Knoppix can. If it can't, I'm sure Klaus would like to > know the details: debian-knop...@lists.debian.org
Thanks for the suggestion: I downloaded Knoppix and burned it onto DVD support, but unfortunately it seems no possible to boot the machine from DVD: no such option in start up boot menu. I'll try now Debian live isos as kindly suggested by other listers. Rodolfo