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Originally Posted by xExDiesel
I wanted to try to install Ubuntu onto my PC, but I wasn't sure if it would be compatible with my hardware. How can I find out if my older hardware is compatible?
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https://help.ubuntu.com/community/In...emRequirements
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Originally Posted by xExDiesel
I tried to boot it up from the CD, (had to install the boot app) and it seemed to want to boot up, but then took me back to a Dos prompt. I wasn't sure if my drivers were up to date and/or compatible.
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Drivers should not have anything to do with trying to initially install a new OS. From what little I know about Linux systems is that they should work just fine on older PC's and newer. They are a light weight OS.
You could have possibly either gotten a bad download or the image did not burn correctly onto the disc. Did you make sure that you have the boot sequence in your BIOS set to "CD-ROM" first as well?
Now, before you install do you have a partition made for the new OS on your HD or did you have a 2nd HD that were installing it on to?