Unlock a compac 7550

[Andrew Farris]

On Tue, 2009-12-08 at 18:26 -0800, NoOp wrote:
> On 12/08/2009 05:35 PM, John Heinen wrote:
> ...
> > Hi Andrew, I did peruse the above alas, most of it is way over my head,
> > To isolate the problem some, the CRC error appears only when I try to
> > load a LINUX program such as ubuntu, kubuntu, it runs fine on windows xp
> > The computer, A Compac 7550 Wind Ep 2002, AMD sempron processor 1.79 ghz
> > 224 mb of ram. 224 mb not enough? John
> > 
> 
> No.
> 
> http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/910

Unfortunately, NoOp is correct... 224mb isn't enough to run ubuntu...
though I don't think this would cause the CRC error your seeing...though
I've been wrong before.

As an alternative, you could try downloading a lighter-weight version of
ubuntu, or another distro altogether. A good one for older PCs w/
limited resources is Damn Small Linux: 

http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

Though, if your hellbent on using ubuntu, you could consider Xubuntu as
an alternative... or use an ubuntu variant with LXDE as a desktop, as
they both should work fairly well on older hardware. Check these links
out for more info:

http://www.xubuntu.org/
http://wiki.lxde.org/en/Ubuntu

I'm sorry if this info is over your head...I realize it may be a bit
overwhelming for a new user to absorb... Feel free to let me know if you
have any questions, or need something clarified, and I'll help where I
can.

Best of luck!

-- 
Andrew
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