Re: [lug:15797] when linux won't load

[Blues Renegade]

Edubuntu was a good choice for elementary age school kids. Here's an alternative for you: Installation from a USB Stick (Flash/thumb drive) You can create the bootable install on usb "stick" from almost any machine; there's software for Windows and Linux to do this. It even tells you how to deal with an older machine that won't boot from USB stick. I have had good success with these tips. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick Good luck!! John Kari Matthews wrote: Ugh. My kids were "gifted" two older Dells.  They both had XP on them -- I would imagine they are maybe 7-8 years old.  Both have CD-ROMs in them. I downloaded edubuntu -- not realizing that the computers didn't have DVD drives.  Oops.  So then I thought, well, how about Xubuntu?  This fails on the install -- albeit in different places -- on both machines. These kids are 6 & 8.  I'd really like to put some kind of something on these machines w/ a graphical interface.  What would you suggest I do?   Thanks, Kari