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Cannot boot from full install

Asked by Jerry Woods

I've used a dual boot Ubuntu successfully on two laptops and it worked great.

I tried a full install on one of them and it won't boot. This is an old Dell Inspiron 7500 with a whopping 387 MB of RAM and 18 GB hard drive.

Again, this worked great as a dual boot Windows 2000 / Ubuntu computer.

Now it won't boot.

I'd given this computer to someone several years ago, got it back and don't have any Windows system software or a way to get into the bios.

I'm using Ubuntu 11

I don't need this computer but I do see another use for Ubuntu - re- purposing old computers for people who can't afford one.

So are there any other versions or other ways to boot? If not I can always remove the hard drive and recycle the computer. Thanks for any advice.
JW

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Its more than enough to run Ubuntu. I'd go with Lubuntu personally. It will be lighter and give a snappier system.

Windows 2000 isn't supported by Microsoft. I suggest you just make it all Ubuntu. You can always boot to LiveCD and reinstate Grub2.
www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/09/live-usb-sticking-grub-2-video/

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Murali Krishna (husband-of-deepu) said : 		#2

make a fresh install of Lubuntu or xubuntu instead of Ubuntu. They will be much faster than ubuntu specially for your configuration.

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