cannot install ubuntu on older HP computer

[Karl Larsen]

On 07/24/2010 02:25 PM, Antczak Family wrote:
> i checked and it is 668 mhz with 320 mb ram.  The hard drive is 28 gb 
> with 9 gb free.   Would I be better off to install xbundtu?

         Try the Ubuntu without the liveCD. I forget it's name. It 
should load well. It is your 320MB of RAM that stops a normal loader.


73 Karl


>
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Tony Pursell 
> <ajp at princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk <mailto:ajp at princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk>> wrote:
>
>     On Sat, 2010-07-24 at 15:01 -0400, Antczak Family wrote:
>     > I am trying to install version 10.04 desktop on an 8 year old HP
>     > desktop currently running windows xp.    The computer will not boot
>     > from the USB drive.    I checked the bios and there are only 4
>     things
>     > listed in this order
>     >
>     >
>     > removable devices
>     > atapi cd-rom
>     > network boot
>     > hard dive
>     >
>     >
>     > When i expand removable devices it only shows legacy floppy drives
>     >
>     >
>     > Do you have any suggestions for me to get this installed?   tia
>
>     What about installing from CD?  It will obviously boot from that
>     before
>     the hard drive.
>
>     By the way, have you got at least 256MB memory, or you will need the
>     alternate CD with the text based installer? And you will need 512MB to
>     get any decent performance from the default GNOME interface.
>
>     Tony
>
>
>
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