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Ubuntu wont install

Asked by jbodo

All I get when I reboot my computer and try to install it is a black screen with a blinking white line in the corner. Its a old Dell laptop that wont boot with XP, which is why I'm trying to install Ubuntu, please help me.

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Micah Gersten (micahg) said : 		#1

Is your laptop set to boot from a CD? Check the BIOS.

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Uwe Geuder (ubuntulp-ugeuder) said : 		#2

This is not an answer to your question (the previous one given by Micah sounds good to me)

However: If your laptop is so old that it cannot run XP, it can probably not run Ubuntu either. If my memory serves me right, I've used XP on a laptop with 256 MB main memory. Not rocket fast, but usable for basic web browsing etc. If you cannot even run XP you might have even less memory.

According to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements
the recommended minimum memory configuration for Ubuntu is 384 MB.

So you might want to consider Xubuntu instead.

Note: The installation issue you mention in your question is probably not solved by changing to Xubuntu.

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zog97xy (rabbits-blueyonder) said : 		#3

hi i have a linux 2008 os installed on my laptop ubuntu wont delete this and install why?

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