Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong

EKRIUQ

Hi
I've an old laptop with only about 128MB of ram and now I want to install a linux OS instead.

I've downloaded Puppy Linux and the problem I'm having is is trying to create a live CD but can't seem to get it to boot on start up and I think my problem is the way I'm creating the image file on the disk.

Here's what I'm doing.

Downloading the ISO file eg: puppy-4.2-k2.6.25.16-seamonkey.iso

I am using Power ISo and BurnCC to burn the cd



I've tried extracting the the download here


And still no luck (probably nothing to do with luck just doing it wrong:o)

The Bios on the laptop is configured correctly as I have an UBUNTU disk that will boot on start up from it, but there's not enough resources on the laptop to tun it.

I've wasted a couple of DVD-R and am using DVD-RW and I've tried CD-R. I've read the installation notes a few times but just can't get it to work

Any help appreciated

PogMoThoin

You got a usb key lyin round there, UNetbootin

Tillotson

You shouldn't need to extract the iso.
At least that is my experience using other burning programs.
I doubt that your laptop's BIOS will support booting from USB.
If I were you I'd pick up a CD-RW in the morning and try again. Maybe try another burning program like CDBurnerXP. Have you checked the MD5 sum? Should be available on the Puppy Linux download page.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM

Stuxnet

ya just burn .iso straight to disc, dont extract
i use active iso its free and works 100% every time

http://download.cnet.com/Active-ISO-Burner/3000-2646_4-10602452.html

EKRIUQ

Tillotson wrote: »

You shouldn't need to extract the iso.
At least that is my experience using other burning programs.
I doubt that your laptop's BIOS will support booting from USB.
If I were you I'd pick up a CD-RW in the morning and try again. Maybe try another burning program like CDBurnerXP. Have you checked the MD5 sum? Should be available on the Puppy Linux download page.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM

The laptop BIOS won't boot from the USB but I tried from my other laptop with the USB and It booted fine, (couldn't configure the wireless but that's another day).

I checked the MD5 sum and its think its fine and as it worked on the flash drive I'm guessing the download is intact.

I have the Disk working now and the flash drive on my own computer but the old laptop just won't pick up the disk on boot up which is surprising as it will for my ubuntu disk it is an old laptop and the bios is limited, the Ram says it's 2003. Any ideas why it's not picking it up

Its a friends old laptop that some windows files are corrupt and all they use it for is surfing the net and I was hoping to get this to work on it for them.

Thanks all again for the help

EKRIUQ

For anyone else that has the same problem.

The laptop only had a CD drive so it was a bit pointless burning DVD-RW's on to it:o, nipped out and got a CD-R and it's booting fine now on the old laptop.

Puppy Linux is a nice little system, very fast and nice user interface doesn't seem as clunky as Ubuntu.

An Fear Aniar

Did Puppy manage the internet connection OK?

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