On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 11:33 PM, Robert Citek <[email protected]>wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 10:09 AM, hard wyrd<[email protected]> wrote: > > Which any install CD will do. I dont think so. Ubuntu Server build doesn't have a GUI to boot into last time I looked. I'm not so sure. We never established that the hardware works. We > just assumed. He said the laptop worked with XP before he messed up trying to install Linux. Or I might have read it incorrectly. XP doesn't work on a 64MB RAM machine since it requires minimum of 128 MB of RAM which is more than enough for a base Linux system, or for a base live cd which has the GNU tools, gparted, and other little helpers which are more than enough in order to remove the erring file system. > And one has a better chance of success on newer hardware, and an even > better chance on hardware that comes pre-installed with Linux. > And newer hardware is not the issue at hand. Are you suggesting that he use a different hardware instead which is not the real objective? > > Regards, > - Robert > -- Part-time SysAd, full-time Dad, part-time netNinja CNS, ACFE, FOSS Advocate and Consultant Registered Linux User #400165 http://www.rm2media.net http://baudizm.blogsome.com http://linuxblazon.wordpress.com http://3x-comic.blogspot.com (NEW!) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
