[NBLUG/talk] I need some help installing.

[Robert Sterler]

I have an old (2000 or so) Dell PowerEdge 400SC servers. Pentium4  2.6GHz
800MHz front side bus and 4 gigs ECC DDR 400 SDRAM memory. It is 32 bit and
really well built machines that will run forever. I bought it new and paid
around $400 for it. I have upgraded the Ram to its max over the years (which
is really expensive - more than the machine) and have run just about every
OS on it. 

 

I got Ubuntu 17.04 up and running and now have 17.10 working. The main
problem was the DVD player which was defective. I finally figured it out - I
kept thinking the error messages were referring to sectors on the sata hard
drive. Hardware problems are always simple - once you "see" them. 

 

Thank you - people here - to help me get my focus. I appreciate this Linux
community and plan to attend meetings and participate more. I want to learn
more about the OS and other affiliated things. Thanks again for being here.

 

 

 

Robert Sterler

 <mailto:robert at sterler.com> robert at sterler.com

 

From: Robert Sterler [mailto:robert at sterler.com] 
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2018 8:11 AM
To: 'talk at nblug.org'
Subject: I need some help installing. 

 

I am a relative newbie to Linux. I need some help installing. So I bought a
copy of Ubuntu 17.04 and tried to install it on an old 32 bit computer.
After booting to the CD it gives me an error message it cannot install for
many reasons. It will not even run Ubuntu without installing. I know the
computer works because it will boot into Windows XP. 

 

Any and all help appreciated - I hope to hear from someone soon. Best
regards. 

 

 

 

Robert Sterler

 <mailto:robert at sterler.com> robert at sterler.com

 



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