Upgrading from Hardy

[Gregory Gamble]

Dear Colin

I've never updated it  ... But going to the Dell site ... It says release date:  21 Nov 2007. ... Last updated: 3 Nov 2011 ... So I would say it's certain that it could do with updating. I've downloaded the .exe file to a flash drive with other things on it. If I boot to it, will it give me a chance to select the file for booting?

Regards,
Greg G
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From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Colin Law [clanlaw at gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2016 5:23 AM
To: Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions
Subject: Re: Upgrading from Hardy

On 4 February 2016 at 21:16, Gregory Gamble <greg.gamble at uwa.edu.au> wrote:
> Dear Nils
>
> For my video card ... I get this info:
>
> $ sudo lshw -C display
>   *-display
>        description: VGA compatible controller
>        product: C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430]
>        vendor: nVidia Corporation
>        ...
>
> My PC is a Dell Inspiron 531 S which is an AMD Athlon 64 machine.
>
> I didn't have any joy with trying to install Precise from USB ... I got as far as a coloured screen but unadorned
> otherwise. It just seemed to hang. So this means I have not had any success yet with installation from USB stick.
> I think I'll try burning two DVDs with Precise and Trusty and see where that gets me ... and after that maybe
> I'll think of buying a new PC with USB 3 tech.

The one thing you can be pretty sure of is that is nothing to do with
usb2/3.  Much more likely display interface.

Have you checked you have the latest BIOS for the machine?

Colin

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