Trouble installing Lubuntu 10.10 on HP Laptop
Hello,
I just recently acquired an old HP ze4805 laptop from an acquaintance of mine that doesn't have an OS installed on it (previously had WinXP and might actually still be installed, but does not load). I've been interested in Linux but never actually had the courage to use it on any of the other computers I've owned, so I decided to use this opportunity to try out the lightweight version of Ubuntu, given the older hardware on the laptop.
So I bought a live cd of Lubuntu 10.10 and had a go, but once I tried to install or use the live cd mode at the boot screen, I just get the Lubuntu loading screen for several hours until I get an error that says this:
(process:253): GLib - warning getpwnid_r(): failed due to unknown userID
Also, I tried the option on the boot screen of 'check memory', and it goes through several tests, but then ends up crashing and shutting down the computer.
Any advice would be wonderful.
Specs that I know of:
AMD Athlon XP 2.1GHz
256MB RAM
Comments
You really need to run some diagnostics on the laptop to see if what the condition of the hardware is. If you have access to a systemrescuecd or partedmagic disk, you might be able to find out more about what is happening.
"No bootable partition in table"
What does that mean??