On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Justin Kremer <justin.kremer at gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 8:57 AM, Jason Hsu, embedded engineer, Linux > user <jhsu802701 at jasonhsu.com> wrote: >> Do you have at least 512 MB of RAM? Given that the computer came with Windows 2000, I think there's a good chance that it doesn't, in which case it has no business running Ubuntu. In my opinion, Ubuntu is bloatware. It has its merits, but running on very old computers is not one of them. Ubuntu is roughly as resource-hungry as Windows XP. > > I really don't think that was necessary. Your opinion may be that > Ubuntu is bloatware, but that does not give any actual reason for why > he would be unable to boot from a live CD for troubleshooting and > recovery purposes. Especially considering that Ubuntu's website > specifically states that the minimum requirement for a desktop system > is 64MB of RAM. (They also state that 512 is recommended, but that > doesn't mean the system won't boot without it.) Ubuntu will run on 64MB, provided you have swap. On the other hand, the installer will not, unless there is already a swap partition to use. Even lubuntu installer chocked on a 128 MB laptop. I had to boot system resque cd (http://www.sysresccd.org/), shrink the existing win partition to free some space, and create swap in the free space. After that, I was able to start the lubuntu live/installer, as it had swap space to use. Cheers -- Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny) Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.