It's more likely that some hardware on the PC is causing a problem. Get an alternate boot CD, which should give you a clue <blockquote type="cite">On 9 May 2010 08:07, "NTLWorld" <<a href="mailto:b.drake@ntlworld.com">b.drake@ntlworld.com</a>> wrote: Hi there .... A while back, I gave an old Pentium iii running Windows 98 to a single mum who is looking for work and needed a PC. She now needs internet access and Windows 98 is a problem. Ubuntu is the obvious answer, so I took a selection of live CD's and an mobile broadband dongle to see what I could do. Anything > 8.04 fails to boot and 8.4 does not support mobile broadband as-is. I have an identical HP Pentium iii back here so I had a play last night. Remarkably, using a much more up-to-date PC with a totally different spec. to install Lucid (I used Netbook Remix for speed) on a spare 8 Gig drive gave me a drive that booted and works OK in the old box. Anyone know what happened between 8.04 and 8.10 that kills the live CD on old hardware? Regards, Barry. -- Barry Drake <<a href="mailto:b.drake@ntlworld.com">b.drake@ntlworld.com</a>> -- <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/</a> </blockquote>