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StickDude101 View Member Profile	Jun 27 2009, 05:40 PM Post #1
Member Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 11-December 08 Member No.: 268,384	Ive been trying to install linux for 3 days now. After all the OS'es ive tried. Only one that works is linspire and gos. I have an actual linspire cd, that i succesfuly installed to my hard drive but problem with that was there is no WPA option to connect to my network. So therefore in linspire, I have no internet. With GOS, the only thing i can do is boot from live cd. I want to INSTALL the os to my hard drive!!!. I REALLY WANT TO INSTALL GOS!!! HELP ME!!!

MadDawg View Member Profile	Jun 27 2009, 06:03 PM Post #2
Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 223 Joined: 9-July 07 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 142,377	This is probably a dumb question, but have you tried letting it boot into the Live CD, then seeing if there was an install icon on the desktop or hidden in a menu somewhere? EDIT: http://geniushackers.com/blog/wp-content/u...e-cd-deskop.jpg This post has been edited by MadDawg: Jun 27 2009, 06:12 PM --------------------

StickDude101 View Member Profile	Jun 27 2009, 08:31 PM Post #3
Member Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 11-December 08 Member No.: 268,384	Horribly dumb question. Yes I have, and none of them load. My computer is to slow. It even takes to long to load the live cd. Thanks

MadDawg View Member Profile	Jun 27 2009, 10:23 PM Post #4
Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 223 Joined: 9-July 07 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 142,377	Okay, I thought so. How much RAM do you have? I've read that it runs (slowly) on a machine with 128MB of RAM and a Pentium 4 processor. EDIT: Once you find a working distro, this may help: http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/...cle.php/3594946 This post has been edited by MadDawg: Jun 27 2009, 10:39 PM --------------------

techextreme View Member Profile	Jun 27 2009, 10:52 PM Post #5
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 502 Joined: 9-June 09 From: Pittsburgh, PA Member No.: 340,397	Have you tried looking on google for "lightweight linux distro"? I found this version that may help you. http://vectorlinux.com/products/vectorlinu...tandard-edition Here is the link to the hardware requirements: http://vectorlinux.com/products/vectorlinu...on#requirements Hope this helps, -------------------- Techextreme "Admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail." -- Seneca

MadDawg View Member Profile	Jun 27 2009, 11:18 PM Post #6
Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 223 Joined: 9-July 07 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 142,377	Oh yeah, you might want to look at these too: http://www.linux.org/dist/ http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ --------------------

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