failed installation with 256 MB RAM

[A M B]

Hi all,

I want to switch to Ubuntu from Windows XP on a DELL Latitude C400 laptop. It has 256 MB RAM and 30 GB disk space, of which more than 27 are presently free. There is no internal CD drive. I borrowed a DELL external CD drive, but the cable didn't fit the opening. Then I tried another CD drive that connects to the USB port, but the bios won't boot from there. So I inserted a Ubuntu live CD while on Windows, and tried to do the installation from there (there were a couple of options available) but, whatever I try to do, I get an error message like "you need 256 MB of memory to run the installer". The thing is, I do have 256 MB! Why is it complaining? I really want to install Ubuntu, but I don't want to buy an external CD drive or to add extra memory.

Any ideas greatly appreciated. Cheers,
AMB

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