Installation problem from USB and Ubuntu LiveCD

[pdipizzo]

I've installed and used Ubuntu successfully for some time now on a couple of computers but I am having problems installing it on one particular laptop, an older Dell Inspiron B120. I have tried installing Ubuntu from a download and from the original CD from Ubuntu, as well as a USB installation. All my other installs were seamless and easy but this one doesn't work. Is there something I need to do with this laptop beforehand? When I use the USB and the CD, Ubuntu indeed loads, and the installation starts normally, but then stops completely when we see the brown Ubuntu desktop.

Thanks for any help.

[taurus]

How much RAM does your old laptop have?

[pdipizzo]

This old laptop has only 256 MG of RAM, which is not much, but similar to another laptop I use, running Ubuntu.

[taurus]

Maybe you should consider using the alternate CD to install it with only 256MB of RAM. To run the LiveCD, you need something like 384MB of RAM.