vinx2
July 29th, 2014, 11:48 AM
Hi,
I've got a pc acer aspire 1682 wlmi, 512 MB RAM, Intel Processor 1 core no PAE. This is an old machine with windows xp running on, it is a bit slow and what is worse is that from the last 08th Aplril Microsoft will not realise further updates for xp, so I decided to install a linux distribution on my machine keeping windows too.
My pc has a BIOS which support boot from CD, but it does not run, it does not support boot from USB. My only chance is boot the system from hard disk and I read UNetbootin give the possibility to do that, that is one can install a SO without CD or USB.
I followed the instructions on the website, this guide http://sourceforge.net/p/unetbootin/wiki/installmodes/ in particular for hard install mode.
My problem comes up when the partitioning process starts, in fact it can not mount the system in the ext4 partion I created previously.
I tried xubuntu 12.04, because it is a non pae kernel, however I tried the live version and it works; meaning that it starts works in live mode but does not install; the net HdMedia and NetInstal versions, both do not work saying they need a PAE Processor.
Any suggestions?
I've got a pc acer aspire 1682 wlmi, 512 MB RAM, Intel Processor 1 core no PAE. This is an old machine with windows xp running on, it is a bit slow and what is worse is that from the last 08th Aplril Microsoft will not realise further updates for xp, so I decided to install a linux distribution on my machine keeping windows too.
My pc has a BIOS which support boot from CD, but it does not run, it does not support boot from USB. My only chance is boot the system from hard disk and I read UNetbootin give the possibility to do that, that is one can install a SO without CD or USB.
I followed the instructions on the website, this guide http://sourceforge.net/p/unetbootin/wiki/installmodes/ in particular for hard install mode.
My problem comes up when the partitioning process starts, in fact it can not mount the system in the ext4 partion I created previously.
I tried xubuntu 12.04, because it is a non pae kernel, however I tried the live version and it works; meaning that it starts works in live mode but does not install; the net HdMedia and NetInstal versions, both do not work saying they need a PAE Processor.
Any suggestions?