nr2b
May 17th, 2010, 07:02 AM
I have hit a road block,
I took my moms old 2000 sony vaio PCG F480 with good intent to load ubuntu on it. I tried 9.1 first and got a boot strap error during install. I tried 10.4, 8.1 and 6.1 with all the same results; no OS installed now.
I down loaded 10.4 alternate-installed command prompt- opted for free software only and did get that to work but dont have a way to get this thing online (plus I really don't know what I'm doing!). I tried aptoncd to make a install disk but really I haven't a clue what I'm doing and couldn't get that to work.
I have read alot and often I see something about BIOS? I dont know what this is, the system is 11GB, 192MB ram (I think) pentium III processor.
What I need is a dumb proof walk through on how to load from only the CD?
Can anyone help, I just want to get this thing back to my 65 yr mom with some type of easy OS on it so she can play on line; via USB modem adapter.
I took my moms old 2000 sony vaio PCG F480 with good intent to load ubuntu on it. I tried 9.1 first and got a boot strap error during install. I tried 10.4, 8.1 and 6.1 with all the same results; no OS installed now.
I down loaded 10.4 alternate-installed command prompt- opted for free software only and did get that to work but dont have a way to get this thing online (plus I really don't know what I'm doing!). I tried aptoncd to make a install disk but really I haven't a clue what I'm doing and couldn't get that to work.
I have read alot and often I see something about BIOS? I dont know what this is, the system is 11GB, 192MB ram (I think) pentium III processor.
What I need is a dumb proof walk through on how to load from only the CD?
Can anyone help, I just want to get this thing back to my 65 yr mom with some type of easy OS on it so she can play on line; via USB modem adapter.