[Cialug] install help on Dell Inspiron 1100

[Nathan C. Smith]

With only 256 MB you probably want to do the desktop alternate install.  It is text-based and does not boot into a LiveCD first.

In my experience you need about 512 MB to get tolerable live CD performance.  YMMV.

-Nate

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org
> [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of Kendall Bailey
> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 11:45 AM
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> Subject: [Cialug] install help on Dell Inspiron 1100
>
> Just picked up a cheap used laptop.  I'm having trouble with Ubuntu,
> although google searches suggest it shouldn't be this hard.  I've
> updated the BIOS and tried 8.04 and 7.10.  I've got past some display
> headaches, but still the live CDs run extremely slow.  Trying to start
> the installer opens a window but that window stays blank white for up
> to an hour, while the CD drive grinds away in a rythmic pattern.
>
> I had an old Ubuntu 5.04 Live CD and that runs pretty smoothly, after
> the display setting are corrected.  I'd rather not install such an old
> distro.  Any advice?  Should I give up on Ubuntu and try stock Debian?
>  Go back to 6.06 and try the upgrade path to 8.04 if 6.06 installs OK?
>  The BIOS says it can boot from USB.  I've never done that.  Is there
> a way to create a boot USB drive from an Ubuntu ISO?  Any ideas
> welcome.
>
> Thanks.
> Kendall
>
> p.s. Specs I know: 256MB Ram, 2.4GHz Celeron, 20GB hard drive.  XP
> Home is installed and runs OK after I removed the anti-virus.
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