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| 776203 | 2009-05-23 10:29:00 | I really need this answer quickly! It can't seem to boot to the CD. I've tried changing the settings in the BIOS, but same thing happens (it just says Invalid system disk...) Also, I think the computer has 14GB HDD and 32GB RAM. Will that support Ubuntu? Thanks |
mathsgood (13356) | ||
| 776204 | 2009-05-23 10:34:00 | Have you set it to boot from the CD in the BIOS and saved it? Because the computer is clearly still trying to boot from the hard drive. I doubt the laptop has 32gb of RAM. And ubuntu pretty much works on anything, and IIRC it's install takes up 6gb only anyways. Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 776205 | 2009-05-23 10:40:00 | The disk could be corrupt or it was a corrupt download if it's still not booting, can you try it in another machine. Also did you save and exit the bios? | gary67 (56) | ||
| 776206 | 2009-05-23 11:31:00 | Have you set it to boot from the CD in the BIOS and saved it? Because the computer is clearly still trying to boot from the hard drive. I doubt the laptop has 32gb of RAM. And ubuntu pretty much works on anything, and IIRC it's install takes up 6gb only anyways. Blam Oops! There is actually 32765KB RAM I have saved the settings when I went into the BIOS The disk could be corrupt or it was a corrupt download if it's still not booting, can you try it in another machine. Also did you save and exit the bios? I tried it on a computer and the main menu showed up. The CD was downloaded and burned, not ordered |
mathsgood (13356) | ||
| 776207 | 2009-05-23 11:33:00 | Try resetting the bios to defaults, then set boot order to CD/DVD first again. | Blam (54) | ||
| 776208 | 2009-05-23 11:54:00 | I just googled the laptop model - boy is that thing 'aged'. Original onboard memory was indeed 32mb. If that is all you have - then Ubuntu is a no-go. Ubuntu min requirements can be found here (help.ubuntu.com) Bare Minimum requirements It should be possible to get Ubuntu running on a system with the following minimum hardware specification, although it is unlikely that the system would run well. You should use the Alternate install CD to attempt such an installation. * 300 MHz x86 processor * 64 MB of system memory (RAM) * At least 4 GB of disk space (for full installation and swap space) NOTE - they don't recommend you actually try that low either - it will crawl. I'd recommend trying either DSL or Puppy. Small footprints. May work. |
Brooko (8444) | ||
| 776209 | 2009-05-23 20:11:00 | Puppy is good, I had a few issues with DSL it wouldn't recognise keyboards (PS2) on a old system I was trying it out on | gary67 (56) | ||
| 776210 | 2009-05-23 22:56:00 | so will the laptop boot to Puppy or DSL? | mathsgood (13356) | ||
| 776211 | 2009-05-23 23:01:00 | will the laptop support puppy 4.2.1? or do I need to download a older/another version? |
mathsgood (13356) | ||
| 776212 | 2009-05-23 23:22:00 | Don't think so...you can try DSL with X-Window: * 486dx or 100% compatible processor * 16mb ram (24mb recommended) * dual-speed CDROM (quad-speed or better recommended) * 1.44mb floppy drive (for boot floppy, if needed) * VGA monitor and video card * a mouse (serial, ps/2, usb) It'll run extremely slow IMO.. |
Blam (54) | ||
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