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Installing Linux Lite / Re: LL 3.8 Win-XP Dual-Boot
« Last post by W-Exit on Today at 02:16:00 AM »@stevef
hi again.
Will try to write a brand new Boot-CD (or even try a USB).
To the other question of a SSD in the ancient sys ??
Me I am a civil engineer (with main focus on POWER, online since CPU type 8086) and I had an electrical engineer colleague (unfortunately not with us any more) who saw this SSD lying around my table when the HD in the LT was broken.
So he mounted it (I guess he altered the BIOS, I have more boot options than original). I would not know the details how he achieved this, but he did.
It was flawlessly working for many years, astonishingly fast (for it's HW) and served me well with few old Win-XP programs not working fine under more actual Win versions - or a VM.
I am emotionally very attached to this piece of Hardware, otherwise I was not here on my crusade to rescue it.
It will take some time for the next reply / question
However, my-CD's are spinning, the LED are flashing and I can hear the read attempts.
I can manually adjust the boot-order in BIOS and set the internal CD-drive first.
It takes ages to get anywhere, but in the end it will always boot from the SSD.
(Hence I have no chance to manipulate anything with gparted)
Just today I read somewhere that UEFI might have something to do with not booting the life-media.
I read quote: 'disable Secure Boot' and set UEFI enabled, however I can't find these options.
I still have the iso and would want to try making an bootable life USB to try ....
(need to go out and get some HW first !!)
Also I will try to furnish a ScreenShot of my Bios Setup Boot Order (but this is little difficult to achieve)
many thanks again and all the best
Gunter
hi again.
Will try to write a brand new Boot-CD (or even try a USB).
To the other question of a SSD in the ancient sys ??
Me I am a civil engineer (with main focus on POWER, online since CPU type 8086) and I had an electrical engineer colleague (unfortunately not with us any more) who saw this SSD lying around my table when the HD in the LT was broken.
So he mounted it (I guess he altered the BIOS, I have more boot options than original). I would not know the details how he achieved this, but he did.
It was flawlessly working for many years, astonishingly fast (for it's HW) and served me well with few old Win-XP programs not working fine under more actual Win versions - or a VM.
I am emotionally very attached to this piece of Hardware, otherwise I was not here on my crusade to rescue it.
It will take some time for the next reply / question
However, my-CD's are spinning, the LED are flashing and I can hear the read attempts.
I can manually adjust the boot-order in BIOS and set the internal CD-drive first.
It takes ages to get anywhere, but in the end it will always boot from the SSD.
(Hence I have no chance to manipulate anything with gparted)
Just today I read somewhere that UEFI might have something to do with not booting the life-media.
I read quote: 'disable Secure Boot' and set UEFI enabled, however I can't find these options.
I still have the iso and would want to try making an bootable life USB to try ....
(need to go out and get some HW first !!)
Also I will try to furnish a ScreenShot of my Bios Setup Boot Order (but this is little difficult to achieve)
many thanks again and all the best
Gunter