Re: [Discuss] Ubuntu on my old laptop :-((

2012-09-09 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 06/05/2012 03:54 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 03:45:26PM -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote: On 06/05/2012 02:38 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: You could try starting with an Ubuntu alternate install, such as the one for servers... http://www.ubuntu.com/download/server I certainly could

Re: [Discuss] Ubuntu on my old laptop :-((

2012-06-06 Thread Scott Ehrlich
On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org wrote: At the installfest, I decided to upgrade my Hp/Compag 64-bit nx6125 laptop with Ubuntu 12.04. However, when I boot from either USB media or CD media (32-bit or 64-bit) all I get it the Ubuntu logo. The cycling dots all stop. The

Re: [Discuss] Ubuntu on my old laptop :-((

2012-06-06 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 06/05/2012 09:04 PM, Jack Coats wrote: If your problem is the same as mine, my machine doesn't support PAE. My old Dell D600 and D610 laptop's don't support PAE. There is a 'modified' distribution that is compiled without the need for PAE.

Re: [Discuss] Ubuntu on my old laptop :-((

2012-06-06 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 06/06/2012 06:52 AM, Scott Ehrlich wrote: On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org wrote: At the installfest, I decided to upgrade my Hp/Compag 64-bit nx6125 laptop with Ubuntu 12.04. However, when I boot from either USB media or CD media (32-bit or 64-bit) all I get it

Re: [Discuss] Ubuntu on my old laptop :-((

2012-06-05 Thread Dan Ritter
On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 03:45:26PM -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote: On 06/05/2012 02:38 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: You could try starting with an Ubuntu alternate install, such as the one for servers... http://www.ubuntu.com/download/server I certainly could do that. My objective here is to find out

Re: [Discuss] Ubuntu on my old laptop :-((

2012-06-05 Thread Jack Coats
If your problem is the same as mine, my machine doesn't support PAE. My old Dell D600 and D610 laptop's don't support PAE. There is a 'modified' distribution that is compiled without the need for PAE. http://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/how-to-install-ubuntu-1204-on-non-pae.html This might