Tried a change of tack and put Mandrake Linux 9.2 CD in and eventually got it all installed, BUT I've already fallen foul of it because I didn't enter a user name and password.
On initial bootup it asked for both, won't accept an empty field, won't accept anything else! Way round that or reinstall?
Incidentally, when it rebooted the (Trend Chipaway) BIOS reported a virus - presumably something in Linux it doesn't like/recognise?