[PLUG] Trying to install a new OS on an older machine

Ben Koenig techkoenig at gmail.com
Thu May 6 22:13:41 UTC 2021


On Thu, May 6, 2021, 2:29 PM Dick Steffens <dick at dicksteffens.com> wrote:

> I have an older computer (Jetway mini ATX, Atom D525 processor --
> Thanks, Rich) which currently has Slackware 14.2 running on it. I
> installed it back on March 3, 2019. I haven't used the little box for
> some time, but now have a new use for it, and want to replace Slackware
> with Xubuntu 20. My documentation tells me I used a Plop CD to be able
> to boot from a USB stick, the same one I used to install Xubuntu 20 on
> this machine. The CD fires up and gives me options on which device to
> use. I select the USB option, it blinks a few times, then gives me a new
> set of options that I can't scroll through. Any ideas on how to fix this?
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dick Steffens
>
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Have you checked the architecture of the machine? since you have a distro
on it check the arch and cpu extensions.

$ uname -a
$ cat /proc/cpuinfo


Ubuntu dropped support for old x86 processors so you need to look for
things like PAE and proceed accordingly

-Ben



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