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OK, I promise that this is the LAST post on this subject.

As mentioned, I created a PuppyLinux installation and found that although the DVD drive showed up in the bios hardware list and was listed...

Hello again. Even though this has been marked "solved" due to running out of options and getting PuppyLinux to do a normal installation and run fine, I thought I'd post the latest situation just for...

Thought I'd post a final time on this issue since I've found an answer, although not the one I was looking for.

As reported previously, my live DVD was used to do a normal install on a laptop....

Just to tie the ribbons on this one, I still have not found the magic solution as to why the liveCD(DVD) is not seen as a bootable disk. I performed a perfectly normal installation on a Compaq...

Darko- That's what is so frustrating, the DVD appears to have been downloaded just fine since I can run the demo on my other machine. I cannot get the older one to see the downloaded disk as a...

Processor is a Pentium 4 at 2.8 Ghz, my newer a1600n has an Athlon 64x2 but these older HPs were not all AMD.

Final status of the problem: Seems it can't be solved easily. Tried another HDD to...

It seems that all Pentium processors after II should support PAE so that seems to be a non-issue. After spending 3 hours inserting CDs to do a system restore, the final result is that the machine...

OK, lots of stuff to try! Have found a stack of old Win XP recovery CDs and have tested the machine by restoring XP (both the CD & DVD drives work fine. When that's done I'll see if 12.10 will...

Firstly, thanks to all for the quick response! I do have a DVD with 12.10 rather than a CD, sorry. I believe I downloaded the 32bit version, I may download it again just to check for any problems.
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Hello to all- This is my first post, and in hopes of avoiding public humiliation, have spent two days researching similar problems with no success.

I am attempting to install 12.10 from a livecd...