Old Computer

[Burn_Cycle]

Hey, I just picked up this old Micron computer which i've never heard of this brand which also worries me. Any ways i picked it up from my bro because he was going to throw it away. Anyways it is a
Pentium 2 running at 400MHZ
512MB of RAM
OS= M$ ME

So anyways its not a bad computer for being so old. But It has a **** load of viruses on it. So I am going to do a system restore on it and install linux on it. The problem with this is... When i reboot the comp it wont go to the linux screen as it should. I thought the cd rom might be defected. So i looked and it read perfectly but still won't load to the Ubuntu screen. Any Ideas?

 

[CrazeD]

Change the boot priority in the BIOS to boot from the CD first.

When you reboot, look for "Press *KEY* to enter setup"

Usually it's the delete key, F1, F2, or something else.

 

[Burn_Cycle]

Wow, that was a stupid question for me to ask! Thanks crazed.

 

[Burn_Cycle]

GREAAAAT! Now I have it loading the cd rom. But now when it gets past the loading screen it will turn black and freeze. Maybe I should try another distro?

 

[iamchel]

It most definitely should work (it will be really slow but it will run). What version are you trying to use? 6.06 and try that if your not already.

 

[Burn_Cycle]

Yeah, thats the one... I think I am going to switch to a smaller distro. Any ideas? I was thinkin Debian but that is probably just as big as Ubunutu.

 

[Burn_Cycle]

Ok, this computer is definitely messed up!!! I can't reformat the C:
It freezes every time i try to put a different OS on it. I have no ideas on exactly what is wrong. Maybe I should scan the **** outta it??? Any other ideas would be great!

 

[superdave1984]

download powermax and run that first, then format the drive and do your install.

 

[Burn_Cycle]

It says: "Not a valid Win32 app"

EDIT: S#!†... I guess you can't download it and transfer it to another computer. So I am gonna have to hook the POS up.