Installing an OS over the existing OS

[Phil]

On 23/2/23 08:35, Liam Proven wrote:

Thank you for your reply.

The Tosheba A100 will not boot from USB and this seems to be a common 
problem with this model. This is the second A100 that I've owned and 
neither will boot from USB and neither optical disk functions.

I managed to get Debian 11 installed by transplanting the HDD to a 
working laptop. Unfortunately, the A100 suffers from the Intel micro 
code bug and I was not able to proceed further. I have installed Lubuntu 
and it functions but painfully slowly. I suppose it's done well for a 
2006 model.

In the meantime I have received a Thinkpad X131e and have Xubuntu 
running alongside Windows 10. This is a rather cute laptop (solely for 
my wife's entertainment) and surprisingly it detects Bluetooth LE 
devices, something that my Thinkpad T420 won't do without an external 
Bluetooth adaptor.

Anyway, this is the end of Tosheba A100 saga and I thank all for their 
patience.

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Regards,
Phil