cannot install ubuntu on older HP computer

[Antczak Family]

i checked and it is 668 mhz with 320 mb ram.  The hard drive is 28 gb with 9
gb free.   Would I be better off to install xbundtu?



On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Tony Pursell
<ajp at princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk>wrote:

> On Sat, 2010-07-24 at 15:01 -0400, Antczak Family wrote:
> > I am trying to install version 10.04 desktop on an 8 year old HP
> > desktop currently running windows xp.    The computer will not boot
> > from the USB drive.    I checked the bios and there are only 4 things
> > listed in this order
> >
> >
> > removable devices
> > atapi cd-rom
> > network boot
> > hard dive
> >
> >
> > When i expand removable devices it only shows legacy floppy drives
> >
> >
> > Do you have any suggestions for me to get this installed?   tia
>
> What about installing from CD?  It will obviously boot from that before
> the hard drive.
>
> By the way, have you got at least 256MB memory, or you will need the
> alternate CD with the text based installer? And you will need 512MB to
> get any decent performance from the default GNOME interface.
>
> Tony
>
>
>
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