View Full Version : [ubuntu] can't install ubuntu 9.1 while able to run from cd !
new lin
December 18th, 2009, 09:49 PM
I have a pentium 1.4 pc with 256 M ram and 40 G hard drive xp installed
and wanted to replace it with ubuntu 9.1
I chosed install ubuntu but It cannot install and will instead run directly from cd but very slow
what is causing this ?
any suggestion for a solution?
phillw
December 18th, 2009, 09:55 PM
I have a pentium 1.4 pc with 256 M ram and 40 G hard drive xp installed
and wanted to replace it with ubuntu 9.1
I chosed install ubuntu but It cannot install and will instead run directly from cd but very slow
what is causing this ?
any suggestion for a solution?
Hi & Welcome to the forums, from memory - 256Mb of RAM is too low for Ubuntu - I'd strongly suggest looking at Xubuntu - It is full Ubuntu, just smaller ;-)
http://www.xubuntu.org/get
All the normal support is offered on here, just ensure you put the xubuntu tag in when you are asking questions - so we know you're using that flavour.
You'd need to do a little preperation work on your XP install, if you want to be able to run both systems, side by side - It's not too difficult to do.
Regards,
Phill.
coffeecat
December 18th, 2009, 10:23 PM
256Mb of RAM is too low for Ubuntu - I'd strongly suggest looking at Xubuntu - It is full Ubuntu, just smaller ;-)
Agreed.
@new lin, here are the minimum system requirements for Ubuntu and Xubuntu:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements
oldos2er
December 19th, 2009, 02:39 AM
The LiveCD requires 384MB RAM, minimum. You might want to try the alternate CD: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/downloadmirrors
new lin
December 21st, 2009, 08:31 AM
thanks to all
it worked fine so far
my first try was with virtual box on another pc and it installed directly
this time it started ubuntu with an icon on desktop to install ubuntu 9.1 clicking on it started the installation process and worked fine
although i dowloaded xubuntu and alternate but since it worked i stopped trying them
Bartender
December 21st, 2009, 02:30 PM
A bit surprising that it installed...
If you can find some RAM for that machine, you'll see a huge improvement going from 256 to 512. Going from 512 to 1GB would be even better.
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