Older PC question

[NoOp]

On 10/27/2009 05:56 AM, mdovell at comcast.net wrote:
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> Again this a Athelon xp 2.2 ghz I think, 512 of ram…the system is
> five years old

All of my systems are over 5 years old... doesn't really matter much how
old it is as long as the systems are clean, working properly, and meet
the specs.

> 
> This is getting more than annoying because I’ve burned nearly a dozen
> or so dvd’s of ubuntu but most didn’t work well. I took the advice of
> going to a 32 bit one and it helped to a degree but not all the way.
> Basically on 9.04 on one of them I got to install at about 58% and it
> said there was an error (see 1-3 below). Then one to 75% and said it
> was an error as well. Oddly enough one did let me into the Live boot.
> I could actually go online with ease although the resolution was
> lower. I should note that my DVD’s are at least four or so years old.
> Some were these top of the line (at the time). Is there any way to
> maybe download it while it is on the live cd? If I download a iso and
> boot from dvd would it recognize the iso and reboot from that?

When you boot into the liveCD there is an icon on the desktop to install
the system... does that not work? Or, is that where you got the install
errors from? Do the memory test, and the check CD test as recommended by
others and let us know the results.