strickja
March 13th, 2013, 02:07 PM
I am trying to repurpose and old machine and cannot , despite hours of trying diff install param , get lubuntu 12.10, or 12.04 to install; the perplexing thing is Peppermint 3.0 will install, but don't care for the distro and would prefer to run lubuntu on the machine - intended purpose will be a backup and/or cloud server , basically just sit and run files up and down an ethernet connection to a my CM -
It is an old emachine, sempron based -
description: Desktop Computer
version: SYS-xxxxxx
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.3 dmi-2.3 smp-1.4 smp
configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop cpus=1
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: K8M-800M
vendor: First International Computer, Inc.
physical id: 0
version: PCB 2.x
serial: C235A39527
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
physical id: 0
version: 6.00 PG
date: 07/26/2005
size: 128KiB
capacity: 448KiB
capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb agp ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification netboot
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 3300+
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: 15.12.2
slot: Socket 940
size: 2GHz
capacity: 3400MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 200MHz
capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt x86-64 3dnowext 3dnow up pni lahf_lm cpufreq
I have tried toggling every combination of install parameters from the live CD; have checked memory ( was at 1.5G, ck fine, took out 1G board, still memtest fine); have three diff DVD with distro that have all been used to install successfully on two other machines
Most combinations just freeze during install; those that progress run until they begin spewing SQASHFS error - have searched and all advice seems to be bad disc (not the case) or bad memory (memtest passes) - so looking for other ideas - any help would be much appreciated
It is an old emachine, sempron based -
description: Desktop Computer
version: SYS-xxxxxx
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.3 dmi-2.3 smp-1.4 smp
configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop cpus=1
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: K8M-800M
vendor: First International Computer, Inc.
physical id: 0
version: PCB 2.x
serial: C235A39527
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
physical id: 0
version: 6.00 PG
date: 07/26/2005
size: 128KiB
capacity: 448KiB
capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb agp ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification netboot
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 3300+
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: 15.12.2
slot: Socket 940
size: 2GHz
capacity: 3400MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 200MHz
capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt x86-64 3dnowext 3dnow up pni lahf_lm cpufreq
I have tried toggling every combination of install parameters from the live CD; have checked memory ( was at 1.5G, ck fine, took out 1G board, still memtest fine); have three diff DVD with distro that have all been used to install successfully on two other machines
Most combinations just freeze during install; those that progress run until they begin spewing SQASHFS error - have searched and all advice seems to be bad disc (not the case) or bad memory (memtest passes) - so looking for other ideas - any help would be much appreciated