[xubuntu-users] Xubuntu Live CD won't boot

[speweywalshe]

I have had problems in the past with booting newer versions of the 
ubuntu live cd on a few older machines. for instance i was trying to 
install ubuntu gutsy on an old 500 MHZ  machine with an asus board in it 
and it just wouldn't boot at all, then i tried it with dapper and it 
booted and installed fine. I don't know if the way the live cds work has 
changed in recent versions and older machines machines cant boot them or 
what but like i say i've had similar issues before and found the easiest 
way around this was to install an older version of ubuntu and once the 
OS is installed then just do a dist-upgrade but i'm sure someone here 
will have a better suggestion than that.

donn


Robert Steinmetz AIA wrote:
> I have an old Acer Aspire 2190M, AMD K-6 300, 256 MB of Ram, 4GB hard 
> drive. This seem within the Xubuntu hardware requirements.
>
> The Xubuntu live CD won't boot. It displays the boot screen. After 
> the  I select an option it reboots. Same with the Alternate CD.
>
> Any Ideas?
>
> I trying to reinstall the OS from scratch.
> -- 
> Robert Steinmetz, AIA
> Principal
> Steinmetz & Associates

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