06-23-2016, 09:06 PM
Good for you, Openmind, for trying to keep old hardware running. I do the same. Sometimes putting the hard drive in another computer to do the install will work. On the other hand, you could get better performance and save power costs by swapping to a Raspberry Pi!
Desktop: Running LL5 on second HD in ACEPC model MK1: "Mini PC 4GB RAM 64GB ROM Windows 10 Celeron J3455 Processor Mini Computer Dual HDMI, Support mSATA / 2.5 inches SSD/HDD 4K, Dual Band WiFi, Gigabit Ethernet, USB 3.0". Don't normally use the supplied W10. Also use LL on netbook (Using xrandr to "expand" the screen) and various old laptops. NAS drive and web server hosted by Raspberry Pi's.