Hello -
I have a PC with Windows XP that I built maybe 10 years ago. I'm tired of it being useless and after doing some research, I became infatuated with the thought of Ubuntu. I have no interest in keeping Windows and am ready to jump ship completely to Ubuntu.
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ (2.8GHz)
- Biostar TF7050-M2 Motherboard with integrated NVIDIA GeForce 7050PV GPU
- 2GB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) RAM
- 500GB Hard Drive
- DVD/CD-ROM Drive
Currently, I have the PC connected to an HDTV with a VGA connection. There is an HDMI connection typically to the HDTV, but if I don't boot up an OS, the HDMI doesn't do anything.
I have downloaded ubuntu-16.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso. I got a 8GB USB drive... used SDFormatter to format the thing, then used Win32DiskImager to transfer to the USB drive. Prior to writing, I used Win32DiskImager to confirm the MD5 Hash at releases.ubuntu.com/16.04.1/MD5SUMS. Perfect match.
When I start my PC, I get some POSTs, then I select to choose my boot drive, and I can't find the USB drive anywhere.
So I decided to write the .iso file to a DVDR using ImgBurn. While I was at it, I also created a disk for 16.04.1 32-bit and one for 16.10. When I select to boot from these discs, I get the same issue for each...
"Loading Splash Screen" (or similar. I don't have much time to read what that says) and then
"graphics initialization failed"
"Error setting up gfxboot"
"boot: _"
If I wait long enough, I 'll get "Could not Allocate Memory" messages filling the screen.
The 16.10 version allowed me to type "help" in and get to a help screen (this did nothing in either version of 16.04.1), but I can't find anything useful to do in there. I was trying to find information on "nomodeset," (which seems to be a common-ish issue) but I could find nothing.
So, next I used "Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.6.8" to put the 16.04.1 .isos on the USB drive. From here, I get a really generic looking menu where one option is to install Ubuntu. "Hooray!" I thought, but when I select that item, the entire system just hung out there, doing nothing but flashing that cocky little flashing underscore, which I interpret as the system laughing at me.
I'm writing this because I honestly am not good at software, but I have tried numerous methods and honestly did do a lot of searching that just left my head spinning (I even read through https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/installa...install.en.pdf). If there is anyone out there that might have the patience to help me through this process or could even point me down some meaningful path, I would be much appreciative.
Thank you.
I have a PC with Windows XP that I built maybe 10 years ago. I'm tired of it being useless and after doing some research, I became infatuated with the thought of Ubuntu. I have no interest in keeping Windows and am ready to jump ship completely to Ubuntu.
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ (2.8GHz)
- Biostar TF7050-M2 Motherboard with integrated NVIDIA GeForce 7050PV GPU
- 2GB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) RAM
- 500GB Hard Drive
- DVD/CD-ROM Drive
Currently, I have the PC connected to an HDTV with a VGA connection. There is an HDMI connection typically to the HDTV, but if I don't boot up an OS, the HDMI doesn't do anything.
I have downloaded ubuntu-16.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso. I got a 8GB USB drive... used SDFormatter to format the thing, then used Win32DiskImager to transfer to the USB drive. Prior to writing, I used Win32DiskImager to confirm the MD5 Hash at releases.ubuntu.com/16.04.1/MD5SUMS. Perfect match.
When I start my PC, I get some POSTs, then I select to choose my boot drive, and I can't find the USB drive anywhere.
So I decided to write the .iso file to a DVDR using ImgBurn. While I was at it, I also created a disk for 16.04.1 32-bit and one for 16.10. When I select to boot from these discs, I get the same issue for each...
"Loading Splash Screen" (or similar. I don't have much time to read what that says) and then
"graphics initialization failed"
"Error setting up gfxboot"
"boot: _"
If I wait long enough, I 'll get "Could not Allocate Memory" messages filling the screen.
The 16.10 version allowed me to type "help" in and get to a help screen (this did nothing in either version of 16.04.1), but I can't find anything useful to do in there. I was trying to find information on "nomodeset," (which seems to be a common-ish issue) but I could find nothing.
So, next I used "Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.6.8" to put the 16.04.1 .isos on the USB drive. From here, I get a really generic looking menu where one option is to install Ubuntu. "Hooray!" I thought, but when I select that item, the entire system just hung out there, doing nothing but flashing that cocky little flashing underscore, which I interpret as the system laughing at me.
I'm writing this because I honestly am not good at software, but I have tried numerous methods and honestly did do a lot of searching that just left my head spinning (I even read through https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/installa...install.en.pdf). If there is anyone out there that might have the patience to help me through this process or could even point me down some meaningful path, I would be much appreciative.
Thank you.
