Second chance - Page 2

Donnie Love · 10-25-2009, 06:30 AM

Well, I know there are 2 processors, but I don't know what kind they are. My computer guy told it has 1 "stick" of memory, whatever that means. The only operating system on it now is Ubuntu. All others have been deleted.

**Done_Fishin** · 10-25-2009, 06:43 AM

if you take special care when the PC is starting up it should tell you what CPU you are using and how much memory. you may also find some details in "BIOS" Memory is usually listed but CPU's may only be on newer Mobo's

when you booted from the CD you should have seen & responded to the screen

then arrived at this screen

hitting F4 at this point should have allowed you to select "safe graphics mode"

try to see if you can get it to run without installation .. it's slow so be warned but quicker than the install

Donnie Love · 10-25-2009, 07:03 AM

The safe graphics mode got me past that second screen on the 9.04 CD. I'll let you know what happens next.

Donnie Love · 10-25-2009, 07:35 AM

ALL RIGHT!!! I think that did it! I'm in. Thank you so much for your patience and help! If I have any more problems (as I'm sure I will) I'll be back. Thanks again!

**Done_Fishin** · 10-25-2009, 07:49 AM

Good Luck with the rest .. I'm sure you should have no problem but I am worried that you may not have sufficient memory so it may run slow!

jaog · 10-25-2009, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Done_Fishin

No problem .. I had responded jaog (thinking it was his thread) instead of asking him to open his own..

Sorry if I caused confusion. Was not asking for help. I have been using/testing Karmic (v9.10) since Alpha 4. Just trying to suggest it may not be right for his particular situation.

**Done_Fishin** · 10-25-2009, 11:03 AM

No problem .. it was more likely that I got confused than that someone else caused it .. I cannot see where you wrote anything that was not correct, so I must have caused the confusion myself .. sorry .. hope I caused no offence and certainly none was implied.

10-25-2009, 06:30 AM	#21 (permalink)
Donnie Love Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Earth Posts: 9 OS: Linux	Re: Second chance Well, I know there are 2 processors, but I don't know what kind they are. My computer guy told it has 1 "stick" of memory, whatever that means. The only operating system on it now is Ubuntu. All others have been deleted. __________________ In the copmuter world, the definition of insanity is "doing the same thing and getting different results."

10-25-2009, 06:43 AM	#22 (permalink)
Done_Fishin Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brit living in Greece Posts: 7,416 OS: WinME, WinXP Pro SP3, Win7 Beta, Ubuntu 9.04 & Netbook Remix & CD2USB, Mepis 6.5, Fedora 10 My System	Re: Second chance if you take special care when the PC is starting up it should tell you what CPU you are using and how much memory. you may also find some details in "BIOS" Memory is usually listed but CPU's may only be on newer Mobo's when you booted from the CD you should have seen & responded to the screen then arrived at this screen hitting F4 at this point should have allowed you to select "safe graphics mode" try to see if you can get it to run without installation .. it's slow so be warned but quicker than the install __________________ . . I'm not old!! I'm age impaired .. D_F I DON'T PLAY GAMES How to mark your thread as solved HDD DIAG UTILS TSF's Photographer's Corner Last edited by Done_Fishin; 10-25-2009 at 06:55 AM.

10-25-2009, 07:03 AM	#23 (permalink)
Donnie Love Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Earth Posts: 9 OS: Linux	Re: Second chance The safe graphics mode got me past that second screen on the 9.04 CD. I'll let you know what happens next. __________________ In the copmuter world, the definition of insanity is "doing the same thing and getting different results."

10-25-2009, 07:35 AM	#24 (permalink)
Donnie Love Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Earth Posts: 9 OS: Linux	Re: Second chance ALL RIGHT!!! I think that did it! I'm in. Thank you so much for your patience and help! If I have any more problems (as I'm sure I will) I'll be back. Thanks again! __________________ In the copmuter world, the definition of insanity is "doing the same thing and getting different results."

10-25-2009, 07:49 AM	#25 (permalink)
Done_Fishin Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brit living in Greece Posts: 7,416 OS: WinME, WinXP Pro SP3, Win7 Beta, Ubuntu 9.04 & Netbook Remix & CD2USB, Mepis 6.5, Fedora 10 My System	Re: Second chance Good Luck with the rest .. I'm sure you should have no problem but I am worried that you may not have sufficient memory so it may run slow! __________________ . . I'm not old!! I'm age impaired .. D_F I DON'T PLAY GAMES How to mark your thread as solved HDD DIAG UTILS TSF's Photographer's Corner

10-25-2009, 11:03 AM	#27 (permalink)
Done_Fishin Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brit living in Greece Posts: 7,416 OS: WinME, WinXP Pro SP3, Win7 Beta, Ubuntu 9.04 & Netbook Remix & CD2USB, Mepis 6.5, Fedora 10 My System	Re: Second chance No problem .. it was more likely that I got confused than that someone else caused it .. I cannot see where you wrote anything that was not correct, so I must have caused the confusion myself .. sorry .. hope I caused no offence and certainly none was implied. __________________ . . I'm not old!! I'm age impaired .. D_F I DON'T PLAY GAMES How to mark your thread as solved HDD DIAG UTILS TSF's Photographer's Corner