[CoLoCo] Install Ubuntu on old laptop?

[Rick Ross]

I have the same model, though I only have a 2GB HDD. I got Xubuntu
Dapper and Fiesty to boot from the CD-ROM and install with few
problems (those I did have were related to the CD-ROM itself, which
has finally simply stopped reading, precluding my updating to Xubuntu
Gutsy, so far). I've never done the floppy/network installation. Is
there anything I'd need to know ahead of time? Thanks!

--Rick

On Nov 18, 2007 2:50 PM, Dave Price <kinaole at gmail.com> wrote:
> Should be fine - some older lptops cannot boot from CD-ROM though, so
> a boot floppy will be needed.
>
> Xubuntu may work a bit better than the Gnome or KDE flavors .
>
> Since this is a laptop, I am guessing that you really have a single
> 5gb hard disk - that was partitioned when windows was intalled
>
> Rule of thumb: If it runs win95 or newer 'okay' ... Any flavor of
> linux will run even better!
>
>
> On Nov 17, 2007 9:40 PM, CHUCK SIMCOX <cpsimcox33 at msn.com> wrote:
> >
> >  Hi:
> >
> > I have an old laptop, see below, that I would like to install ubuntu onto.
> >
> > The system information shows what follows.  I don't know if other
> > information is necessary or what it would be so let me know if more
> > information is needed.
> >
> > What would be recommended for starters to get the feel of ubuntu?
> >
> > Chuck in Grand Junction, CO
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >
> >
> > CompaqPresario1200
> >
> > System Type     X86 based PC
> >
> > Processor         x86 family 6 model 8 Stepping 3 Gunuine intel ~597.....
> >
> > BIOS Version     Phoenix BIOS 4.0 Release 6.0
> >
> > Total Physical Memory         126,448KB
> >
> > Available Physical Memory     52,980KB
> >
> > Total Virtual memory             422,308KB
> >
> > Available Virtual memory         288,496KB
> >
> > Page file space                     295,860KB
> >
> > Local disk (C:)                        4.21GB
> >
> > Local disk (D:)                     1.36 GB
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