jameslcrabtree
March 29th, 2012, 06:03 PM
Hello. I am really looking for some help from the sages. Here is my situation:
I had the fortune of getting an old computer circa 2004 a few days ago from a friend that had it sitting in his closet. I was able to reinstall XP just fine, but my goal has been to make it my personal Linux box. However I am not have any luck getting any distro I ahve tried on this computer and have gone through four DVD-Rs and formatting of the same flash drive about four times as well.
I have tried everything I can think of and been trolling this forums for a couple days and cannot find a resolution. I have tried booting Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Lubuntu and Mint from discs and no luck. The last straw before coming to this forums is that this happens:
I rig wubi to install Lubuntu as a dual boot, I get the Boot from CD propmt I set into BIOS. However after it starts installing, the screen goes all weird. I get no prompts and the screen fades in different places.
I can post and specs if requested. Maybe this computer is too old (has 512 MB ram), but something isnt right.
Suggestions?
I had the fortune of getting an old computer circa 2004 a few days ago from a friend that had it sitting in his closet. I was able to reinstall XP just fine, but my goal has been to make it my personal Linux box. However I am not have any luck getting any distro I ahve tried on this computer and have gone through four DVD-Rs and formatting of the same flash drive about four times as well.
I have tried everything I can think of and been trolling this forums for a couple days and cannot find a resolution. I have tried booting Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Lubuntu and Mint from discs and no luck. The last straw before coming to this forums is that this happens:
I rig wubi to install Lubuntu as a dual boot, I get the Boot from CD propmt I set into BIOS. However after it starts installing, the screen goes all weird. I get no prompts and the screen fades in different places.
I can post and specs if requested. Maybe this computer is too old (has 512 MB ram), but something isnt right.
Suggestions?