Does this wikipedia page accurately describe your hardware? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq_Presario_1200#1200
# 500MHz processor # 64 MB RAM Unfortunately, I doubt any recent desktop linux distro (e.g. Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandriva, SuSE, Knoppix) is going to run on a machine with those specs. You can install a server version of those distros in 64 MB, but that means command-line only. Or you can install a minimal desktop distro (DSL?) but then you'll be missing out on what most users want in a desktop distro: a web browser, office suite, games. IMHO, if you really want a pleasant linux experience, start on fairly recent hardware (e.g. in a virtual machine), get familiar with all the idiosyncrasies of Linux, and then try to get it running on more restrictive hardware such as this laptop. Regards, - Robert On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 1:47 PM, cmcanulty <[email protected]> wrote: > OK I can get to setup and set to boot from cd but it won't save it > (yes I hit f10 to save changes). it always goes back to boot from > diskette.Please help or do I have to trash the laptop? It is a Compaq > Presario 1200I have tried the rescue CD, partition cds, linux cds. > etc. All I can get is a black screen with exactly this displayed: --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
