On Sun, 8 Jun 2014 22:46:54 -0500 Milind Vaidya <kava...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi > > Hardware : > SONY VAIO VGN-385E > Intel core 2 T5300 1.73 GHz * 2, 32 Bit > Disk : 116 GB > RAM 2 GB > > I have ubuntu 12.10 installed on this laptop, which is EXTREMELY SLOW. So I > am willing to try Fedora LXDE. > > I am trying to install from bootable USB which shows me the options to boot > but a blank screen after that. I created this USB by 2 ways and both have > same problem. > > 1. Using Ubuntu > 2. Using Mac > > How do I test the validity of bootable usb key? Can somebody suggest a way > to install LXDE by removing Ubuntu ? > > - Milind Hello Milind, Your version of Ubuntu is deprecated : EOL, end of life, since may 16th. You would need a more recent version and/or a LTS (they are better for most people). You can test a USB stick with the tools provided by the distribution if any, or you can try to have it to boot in another machine to see if that works. I have several questions for you: * How did you prepare your USB key? Did you use Unetbootin? Live Linux ? Something else? Did you prepare it on a usb stick freshly formatted to fat32? (Which is how it has to be done) * Have you already booted from USB on this machine, if not, have you set it up in the BIOS? * What version Ubuntu did you use? The official one? The Lubuntu one ? Else? * What are you saying about using Mac? Is that another machine? (Machines running Mac need a distribution specifically prepared for them). * Have you tried using a nomodeset option on the kernel boot line at the start of the boot? I don't know Fedora enough to advise something to you about it. My advice for the time being, install zram-config, if the repository for your version still works, this might help you get through as it will allow for more information to fit in the RAM. There are (recent) versions of Ubuntu which are lighter than others and can work well on your machine. Regards, Mélodie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HPCC Systems Open Source Big Data Platform from LexisNexis Risk Solutions Find What Matters Most in Your Big Data with HPCC Systems Open Source. Fast. Scalable. Simple. Ideal for Dirty Data. Leverages Graph Analysis for Fast Processing & Easy Data Exploration http://www.hpccsystems.com _______________________________________________ Lxde-list mailing list Lxde-list@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxde-list
