electrosteam
July 26th, 2017, 09:14 AM
Hi all,
A new install on an old (2002) Dell Inspiron 5150 laptop recovered from the back of a cupboard.
Runs XP SP3 with 2GB RAM and 3 GHz processor, boot order re-arranged to enable USB boot.
Used separate machine to Torrent 32 bit image lubuntu and Rufus to make bootable USB Flashdrive on an 8GB Sandisk Cruzer Facet.
Turn-on laptop, select "try lubuntu", and get blue image with lubuntu visible, no response to any keys.
Back to XP, clean laptop of any valuable files, empty Recycle Bin, de-frag the drive.
Turn-on with USB, get cycles of requests for USB driver loading, then Linux selection screen that does not allow changing between Try and Install, appears to go Try, then orange screen with ubuntu 14 visible, and no response to any keys.
Laptop still boots XP.
My plan is to redo the Torrent/Rufus on the USB Flashdrive and try lubuntu on the laptop again.
Just need anybody with experience with this type of laptop and Flashdrve to comment as appropriate.
John
A new install on an old (2002) Dell Inspiron 5150 laptop recovered from the back of a cupboard.
Runs XP SP3 with 2GB RAM and 3 GHz processor, boot order re-arranged to enable USB boot.
Used separate machine to Torrent 32 bit image lubuntu and Rufus to make bootable USB Flashdrive on an 8GB Sandisk Cruzer Facet.
Turn-on laptop, select "try lubuntu", and get blue image with lubuntu visible, no response to any keys.
Back to XP, clean laptop of any valuable files, empty Recycle Bin, de-frag the drive.
Turn-on with USB, get cycles of requests for USB driver loading, then Linux selection screen that does not allow changing between Try and Install, appears to go Try, then orange screen with ubuntu 14 visible, and no response to any keys.
Laptop still boots XP.
My plan is to redo the Torrent/Rufus on the USB Flashdrive and try lubuntu on the laptop again.
Just need anybody with experience with this type of laptop and Flashdrve to comment as appropriate.
John