Older Computer and 8.04

[NoOp]

On 05/08/2010 03:06 PM, NoOp wrote:
> On 05/08/2010 02:51 PM, Karl Larsen wrote:
>> 
>>      I have a DVD/CD device, USB port devices and a older replacement of 
>> the floppy disk space with a multi memory stick reader. These are not 
>> working reliably on 10.04 and I have been testing to see why.
>> 
>>      When I gave up and tried version 8.04 I was surprised that all 
>> these devices are working fine on this version. Went back to 10.04 and 
>> the same problems. It looks as if I might need a newer hardware for 10.04?
> 
> I doubt it. Unless it's as old as you :-)
> 
> I've got it running just fine on this old clunker:
>  *-cpu
>           description: CPU
>           product: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.60GHz
>           vendor: Intel Corp.
>           physical id: 4
>           bus info: cpu at 0
>           version: 15.2.4
>           slot: J2E1
>           size: 1600MHz
>           capacity: 1700MHz
>           width: 32 bits
>           clock: 100MHz

I should add that the bios on that machine (fully updated is 2003):
version: HV84510A.86A.0050.P15.0305252001 (05/25/2003)

Check your logs for the bits that aren't working on 10.04 (dmesg etc).
You'll probably find clues there.