On 05/03/12 00:11, alan c wrote: > It looks as if even my PII is more modern than I thought, it is pae > compatible, so it is not good for these particular tests. > > I think I have another PC a gateway P5 120 buried deeper in the > shelving system, however it is noted as 43MB ram and I do not know > if I have any suitable to get up to 128MB ram, or even if that PC > works. Will try.
Bad news I am sorry to report that the Gateway brand P5-120 is not suitable. I have managed to get it running, which took quite some work, however, at this era of bios it was unusual to boot from a CD, and although - tantalisingly - the bios I have does show a CD boot option for first boot device, it does not actually work. :-( The machine does boot from a win 95 floppy, but the thought of proceeding from boot floppy to installing Lubuntu 12.04 is pretty much out of my capability. Even if it was something I could easily do, there is another reason for missing out this PC. It only has 43 MB ram fitted. The ram slots are full, and sims are required in pairs, and I do not have 128MB to suit. As a guide, there is on sale suitable RAM but it is around 100 uk pounds for a pair 2x32 (=64MB) and of course, double that would be needed for a 128MB test. My experience yesterday with a faster machine, Pentium II 400 128MB ram, strongly suggests to me that even if I could magically get the P5-120 installing Lubuntu 12.04, then it would not be a practical machine. Is it heresy to think that 1) there might be almost no non pae machines out there 2) that PII (happens to be pae ok) 400 128MB is a practical minimum spec? This exhausts my options for non pae testing, because although I thought I was knee deep in old PCs, I find that they are all pentium III, and that even the PII IS pae compatible. -- alan cocks -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
