Author: Sean Gibbins Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Ergo Microlite xl 1.4Ghz
Phillip Chandler wrote: > On Mon, 2009-06-08 at 22:01 +0100, Sean Gibbins wrote:
>
>> Phillip Chandler wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All
>>>
>>> Has anyone had any fun with the above laptop ? Just picked one up 2nd
>>> hand, tried booting off a Ubuntu 7.10 CD.
>>>
>>>
>> ---8<---
>>
>>
>>> Im now installing Win XP which has formatted the HDD and is now copying
>>> files. So wondered if these Ergo machines were not very happy to be near
>>> linux ?
>>>
>>>
>> Or perhaps they weren't happy with Ubuntu when 7.10 was current - worth
>> trying the 9.04 live CD maybe?
>>
>
> The operative word being "Ubuntu" :-) Its only got 256mb ram at the
> moment, so hence why I tried 7.10, less gui girly compiz stuff to slow
> it down. But I'll try a 9.04 live cd tomorrow as you suggest.
>
Fair point - even if it does install you may be on a hiding to nothing
there. I wonder if the text based installer is a better bet?