06-29-2014, 03:07 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-29-2014, 03:10 PM by norm.)
Tried to install from USB stick to my old Dell Optiplex 740 which is currently running Windows 7. I get the initial LL feather and automatic boot in #seconds then it faults to 'Not enough memory to load specified image' which then gets stuck in a loop of the same thing until I Ctrl alt del.
I have used the pen drive succesfully on another computer.
Can anyone point me in the right direction please?
Note: unfamiliar with linux
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Hi Norm,
Welcome to LL.
Were you able to boot and use the USB in 'live' mode on the Optiplex and it just didn't run the installer correctly; or did it not boot properly at all?
I know you said you used the USB without issue on another machine. What method did you use to create the live USB? It is possible that one computer is fine with the USB produced as it is and another is not. Have seen that plenty of times in forums. (Don't know why that happens, but it does.) In those cases, sometimes all that is needed is to either make the USB using a different method, or make a bootable DVD instead. If you have a spare, blank DVD to use, that will probably be the quickest and easiest alternative.
If you burn it from a Windows computer, see the 'Install Guide' page of the Help Manual for guidance if needed. Double-check the 'md5sum' of the ISO file before burning and make sure the number matches the one shown on the download page.
If you have the ISO file on a Linux computer and need guidance for checking md5sum and burning let us know.
Hello Gold Finger and thanks for the response. No it never got past the failed boot stage. I did try with a DVD as well and got the same result so i presume it is something to do with my old computer rather than the usb or dvd. I just have no clue what to do about it! I may try a pendrive with puppy linux and a dvd with ubuntu to see if they are accepted at boot. I will post back here with the results. Thanks again.
Further,
both the latest version of puppy slacko loaded from usb and ubuntu ver 11.0 loaded from dvd without any problem.........
scratches head!!!!
Whoah! You mentioned the T word! lol
OK I will try my best and let you know if I can work out what you just told me to do!!!!
Thanks again
Sorry I am being dumb I know but whenever i try to type in what you said in your post in Terminal I get command not found. (Yes I know its me!!)
I tried it also in Ubuntu 12.10 and unsurprizingly got the same result.
Guess I am just Terminalphobic!