Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problems installing Ubuntu server on an old computer

2006-09-29 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 01:19:51PM +0100, David Morley wrote: Also if you wish to partition the Hard Drive the you will need 2 things Smart Boot Manager and Gparted live cd available here http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=115843package_id=173828 Not really. Gparted is on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problems installing Ubuntu server on an old computer

2006-09-28 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 28/09/06, South Walney Information Management [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A client has an old PC, which was running Windows 98 which had become tired and she lacks the original Windows 98 didks as she bought the machine second hand. Somewhere along the line she managed to format the hard disk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problems installing Ubuntu server on an old computer

2006-09-28 Thread South Walney Information Management
Caroline Ford wrote: Have you tried https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromWindows I think that might be a solution in the long term. Right now my client wants her pooter back! The problem seems to be that once the CD has booted it can no longer see itself. (it's a pretty ancient

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problems installing Ubuntu server on an old computer

2006-09-28 Thread David Morley
On 28/09/06, David Morley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 28/09/06, South Walney Information Management [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A client has an old PC, which was running Windows 98 which had become tired and she lacks the original Windows 98 didks as she bought the machine second hand.