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| Thread ID: 83463 | 2007-10-03 03:38:00 | A Stand-Alone Linux Install? | SurferJoe46 (51) | Press F1 |
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| 597310 | 2007-10-03 03:38:00 | OK..I am going off the deep with this unit. :mad: :badpc: :mad: It's an Intel P-4, 2.8 GHZ with 256mb RAM, FOXCONN MOBO, 40g HDD, Phoenix BIOS, Win 98SE.....Mid-tower case, lots of fans and such...running just one HDD at a time etc...etc...etc. I've changed the HDDS about 6 times for alternate ones as small as 5.1G all the way to 250Gs...no diff. Is there a JUST Linux install without needing to have any Windows first? This freezes at 22% over and over and over...no matter what I do. :badpc: I have 98SE, ME, 2000Pro, XP-H and XP-Pro and NONE of them work. It came to me with a seriously trojaned and virused XP-Home edition..how it worked with that little RAM I don't know..but it WAS running if you had a week for it to boot and build the first flash screen...it was THAT slow. I just burned it down and started with 98SE..and it runs OK..can't recognize the NIC...but that's a minor problem right now.... I HATE THIS MACHINE!!!!!!!! On a machine that IS working, I am downloading Feisty Fawn right now...will try that a little later. Looks different anyway...it's also an iso file. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 597311 | 2007-10-03 03:50:00 | Well u dont need windows at all for a linux install. Just boot from the linux cd hopefully its bootable / a live cd. Then follow the instructions. Just put it on its own hdd, instead of trying to get it to boot from the same hdd as a Windows install. I did it here earlier today, as said in your other post. There's 2 hdds in the case, all I did was download the ISO, burn the ISO, boot from the cd, install linux followed the instructions, updated it with 220mb of updates, in less than 30 mins. Dont forget to burn the ISO to cd BEFORE you use it. Obviously the ISO wont boot. Only thing is, you'll either have to select the OS thru Grub (if it works, when its on a separate hdd), or just select the boot disk (if your system supports it), to boot from whatever hdd, or change the bootdisk in the BIOS all the time. Altho, even tho Kubuntu and XP are on separate hdds here, Grub still gives me the option to boot into XP. Dont know if it works yet, I havent tried it. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 597312 | 2007-10-03 03:55:00 | With those specs, you should have no problems installing any Linux distro. The fact that its freezing indicates a hardware issue, I would suspect fauly RAM. Another reason that some distros will freeze up on install, graphics card. If possible, use onboard graphics for the initial install. S3 Virge cards for instance are well known to freeze an install Check all your hardware connections :) Addition: I have had no problem installing Ubuntu to a 466 Celeron with 128MB SD-RAM. Ok it was a bit slow, but still installed ok. So your specs are ok |
Myth (110) | ||
| 597313 | 2007-10-03 04:03:00 | I've found the new linuxes install beautifully, far easier than re-installing, say, XP. Ubuntu, made for the job and of course my favourite, Debian (both pretty much the same thing - personal choice, I guess). | jcr1 (893) | ||
| 597314 | 2007-10-03 11:37:00 | Don't use M$ Windblow Xp, use Linux you can try "Ubuntu or Debian", Ubuntu have mint LiveCD | tamatama14 (12747) | ||
| 597315 | 2007-10-03 14:46:00 | Got Feisty Fawn running well and good from an . iso dnld onto a cd-rom and I had a little trouble with it, but not like kubuntu did to me! . . . . and I got 6 hours of sleep, so things look better now . Noticed that I cannot get some of the fav extensions and add-ons for Firefox with FFawn . . . hmmmm . GMail looks a little strange . . . and I got some penguins on the desktop to make it really look different from XP . Gonna have to figger out how to get GMail look more like it usta . Sound card is working . . gonna try a few streams to see if they work . Can I get a Picasa for "L" too? This MIGHT work for my older-but-less-wise buddy IF I can get dial-up to work at his place when I return it . DSL and the Router all run well . . . FFawn networked perfectly . . . no tweaks at all . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 597316 | 2007-10-03 17:22:00 | Can I get a Picasa for "L" too? I believe Google has released Picasa for Linux. It may even be in your package manager (Adept) |
Myth (110) | ||
| 597317 | 2007-10-03 17:30:00 | winmodems can be a problem with most Linux OS's but external modems are quite cheap on trademe. | kjaada (253) | ||
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