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| Thread ID: 100026 | 2009-05-23 10:29:00 | URGENT!!! Installing Ubuntu 7.10 on a Toshiba 445CDX Satellite Pro Laptop with no OS | mathsgood (13356) | Press F1 |
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| 776213 | 2009-05-24 01:18:00 | Well, No Ubuntu WONT install on everything. It wouldnt install on this laptop (around 1999). probably because its too old. Even tho it supports booting from CD. And its got more ram on it. And runs XP. Its got XP on it now | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 776214 | 2009-05-24 10:16:00 | Why download Ubuntu 7.10? 9.04 is out already ;) Im with Blam6, try DamnSmallLinux (DSL Linux) and it might work :) |
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| 776215 | 2009-05-24 15:23:00 | DSL should run pretty well on that thing but I wouldn't try Puppy.. not unless you upgrade the RAM. It can use 144MB maximum apparently (16MB inbuilt + 128MB stick) If you can get that upgrade then you can run a few things OK the BIOS may not support booting such new CD types.. you may need to try a different one like syslinux etc... OR try installing SBM (Smart boot manager) to a floppy, boot from that and then use it to load from the CD. U-Lite (Ubuntu lite) or Fluxbuntu might be good if you want to run something based on Ubuntu but anything with a fast window manager (Fluxbox, Jwm, IceWM etc) should run pretty well. Forget about Gnome/KDE. There's no way a 133Mhz CPU can handle them. If you know what you're doing in Linux you could setup Debian or something on there and get it running pretty good DeLi linux also comes to mind (it's designed for machines of your spec) and it's installable, not a Live CD. |
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| 776216 | 2009-05-25 06:42:00 | I've installed DSL and it works fine | mathsgood (13356) | ||
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