So new I can't even install it

[Eric T.]

I am trying to install Slackware onto an old AST Advantage 6066d with a integrated video card and a NEC CD Rom.

All I want to do is use Xwin on a linux box and run Staroffice 5.2.

I've spent about 30 hours getting nowhere (have learned a lot). Can someone tell me if it is a least possible and give me a link to where I can get the CD Rom driver and finally succeed. Thanks for any help, or at least a kind word. :confused:

[sincka]

All I can give is a kind word...

You are very pretty Eric. Don't be afraid to yell it out. You are very pretty.

[x]

1) What exactly is your problem? Is it just accessing your CD, I'd suggest you copy CD to hard disk.
2) Installing on an old computer to run StarOffice?
Nothing I would do, I have tried StarOffice on Pentium 150, 128 MB, it's far too slow! StarOffice requires a lot, I suggest you use some other office suite.
That's what I can give you for now, the kind words you've been given already... ;)

[X_console]

You're not going to be able to run Star Office that's for sure. MS Office runs faster than it. Try AbiWord instead. As for your CDROM problem, try typing "cdrom=/dev/hdc" during the boot prompt.

[Strike]

Eric, please only post your question in one forum. For those interested in answering the question - look here (http://www.linuxnewbie.org/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=2&t=005792) - I'm locking this thread (board policy: don't cross-post).