<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 04/09/2014 01:50 PM, Wee Dram wrote: </div> <blockquote cite="mid:000001cf541c$3d9d2500$b8d76f00$@net" type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"> <style></style> <div class="WordSection1"> Hello,<o:p></o:p> I am trying to install Xubuntu on my old laptop. It is a Toshiba Satellite 5000 running a Pentium III at 1.10 Ghz with 512 MB RAM and a 37.5 GB Hard-drive. It is presently running XP. It has a NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go (Toshiba) video card. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I want to first try it without installing but I’m having problems getting past the first steps.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> In summary: I burned a CD. I tried it on the computer but the screen went white after a few moments. I tried the CD on a newer Toshiba and it seems to work fine. After checking various help sources, I was able to get to the boot menu on the older computer and try a few options there: <o:p></o:p> Deleting the ‘quiet splash’ command<o:p></o:p> Choosing the nomodeset<o:p></o:p> Adding the following, individually, to the boot options lineAdding i915.modset=0 <o:p></o:p> xforcevesa<o:p></o:p> fb=false<o:p></o:p> vga=771<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> The final result of doing each of these was the same: a white screen with lots of CD activity for several minutes (as if the whole process is proceeding) and then no CD activity. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I am a total novice with this kind of thing so any and all suggestions of next steps are welcome.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Regards,<o:p></o:p> Ross<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> </div> <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> </blockquote> Ross, been thinking on your issue. Do you know if the laptop boots from usb? if not do you have either a) a built in 3.5" floppy drive? or b) an external usb drive? On a system which has internet access and a usb port go here: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/">http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/</a> and download unetbootin appropriate to the OS you are working from (Windows in the case of the Satellite for example.) Once the program is installed put a thumbdrive, 1Gb ought to due, in a usb port. Once it is recognized then run unetbootin. There should be two option, Distrobution and Diskimage. Choose the latter, Diskimage. Browse to the ISO you already have downloaded and select. Ensure your thumbdrive is listed in the "Drive" drop down menu then click OK. Do not reboot, just exit and eject the thumbdrive. If you can boot from usb (enter into bios and push it up the boot priority or hit the boot menu key, f12 I believe for your system) Insert thumbdrive into the Satellite and power on if you know it will boot from USB. Push the boot menu key (F12?) and select USB. Xubuntu should boot like the CD from there. Choose try before install etc. etc. It has been my experience that sometimes the faster usb over the cd makes a difference in booting don't know why, perhaps timeouts. If you cannot boot from usb then create the thumbdrive as above and go to here: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager/download.html">http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager/download.html</a> and download the plpbt 5.0.14 zip file. Unpack the file and burn a cd with the .iso file in the unzipped directory. This program will allow you to boot from usb. Place the CD in the drive and the usb an available slot. Boot the system and from the menu which comes up you choose usb. The system should boot as normal from there. Again, choose Try before installing etc. As this has worked for me in the past when cds would not boot I am hoping it will help you. HTH Fred </body> </html>