Could you be a little more specific about what the errors say? On
first thoughts (and this is a long shot), it kind of sounds like your
cdrom drive is struggling to read the discs. Although more info is
needed really.
John.
On 1/26/07, Gavin <gmeikle@???> wrote:
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> Hi
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> I have an old Toshiba portege 7020 CT Laptop plus base station containing
> CD rom drive. It currently runs Windows XP Professional.
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> Processor Type: Pentium II
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> Processor Speed: 366MHz
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> RAM: 128MB
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> RAM Technology: SDRAM
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> Hard Drive Capacity: 6.4 GB
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> Max. RAM: 192MB
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> CD: on external docking station
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> Installed Video Memory: 2MB
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> Display Size: 13.3in
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> Display Type: Active Matrix LCD (TFT)
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> Operating System: Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
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> Cache Size: 256kb
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> Display Resolution: 1024 x 768 (XGA)
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> I would like to clear all the old stuff off of it and and install Linux
> instead. I am a complete Linux virgin and not a techie!
> I have tried running Live CD's of Both Obuntu and Mandriva without success?
> Not sure if I have a problem with the CD's or with the PC (see specs
> attached)
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> Obunbtu starts to load and then just chunters away for ages without anything
> further happening.
> With Mandriva I get some error messages.
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> Any suggestions or ideas as to whether what I want to do is possible and
> what I can do to get it running?
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> Gavin Meikle
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