2013/6/16 Nio Wiklund <nio.wikl...@gmail.com>
>
> Hi Iberę,
>
> I don't know why this happens for you, but I have a few tips and
> work-arounds.
>
> 1. Is there a good swap partition on the internal HDD? If not, make one
> with gparted, when running a live session of for example Ubuntu 10.04 or
> Lubuntu 12.10. Reboot and check that is used by the live session alias
> the install CD. Swap should make the installer happier.
> 2. Remove the internal HDD and install any distro or version (10.04 is
> OK) to get a starting point, when it is connected to another computer,
> either internally or for example via a USB to IDE and SATA adapter. But
> you can also install Lubuntu 12.04, 12.10 or 13.04, maybe as multiboot.
>
> As long as you avoid proprietary drivers it should be portable. In other
> words, it should work, when you move it back to the old computer. You
> may need some boot option.
>
> 3. I have an old computer with an Asus mobo and a AMD processor (but
> somewhat newer than yours). It can boot from USB, but does not recognize
> it as USB, only as one of the HDDs. So when the USB drive is plugged in,
> I can change the boot order of the HDDs in the BIOS to boot from USB.
>
> But once it boots internally from grub (with a linux distro) it is more
> convenient to make a custom entry in the grub menu for that purpose: to
> chainboot any USB drive.
>
> Append this (keeping the first few lines) to /etc/grub.d/40_custom
>
> menuentry "External drive (on /dev/sdb) Check with ls in grub and edit
> if necessary" {
> insmod part_msdos
> insmod fat
> set root='(hd1)'
> drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
> chainloader +1
> }
>
> And finally run
>
> sudo update-grub
>
> to make it active.
>
> 4. Lubuntu 12.10 failed to install from CD. I think chances are better
> with Lubuntu 12.04 or Xubuntu 12.04.1 or 12.04.2
>
> 5. Try with Knoppix, which is very good for old hardware. It is intended
> to run live with persistence, "poor man's install" in Knoppix terminology.
>
> Good luck :-)
> Nio
>
There's 1GB of installed RAM and 3Gb of Swap was created on Gparted before
trying to install Lubuntu 12.10 and no success with desktop iso or
alternate iso.
Now the most strange: I've just managed to reinstall Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS
with no problems at all. Again, this desktop is not connected to the
internet.
Is there something with Lubuntu 12.10 desktop or Lubuntu 12.10 altenative
installers and AMD processors?
Many times the desktop reboots even when playing on Lubuntu 12.10 LiveCD.
I'll try some of your suggestions above. I need to sleep now once it's
5:30am.
Thank you for your help so far!
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