Alternate install from CD or other?

[amesnih]

Hi, I am trying to install linux mint 9 lxde on a really old compaq armada m300 laptop I have lying around.

The problem is that it doesn't have enough ram to successfully boot from the livecd, I was wondering if there was a text-based way of installing like with the ubuntu alternate install cds or
if there are any other ways I could go about installing it?

Also here is a guide I found relating to xubuntu incase it is useful to anyone:
http://www.lucidtips.com/2008/10/25/xub ... mada-m300/

Thanks, any help is much appreciated.

[oobetimer]

Hi, I am trying to install linux mint 9 lxde on a really old compaq armada m300 laptop I have lying around.

The problem is that it doesn't have enough ram to successfully boot from the livecd, I was wondering if there was a text-based way of installing like with the ubuntu alternate install cds or
if there are any other ways I could go about installing it?

Also here is a guide I found relating to xubuntu incase it is useful to anyone:
http://www.lucidtips.com/2008/10/25/xub ... mada-m300/

Thanks, any help is much appreciated.

You can make an USB-swap-stick. For making you can use GParted or command line. Command line way:

1. Make swap partition first
2. Make swap (eg partition sdb1)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cfdisk

http://linux.about.com/od/ptn_howto/a/hwtptn06t00.htm

sudo mkswap -c /dev/sdb1

PS. Lucid Puppy works fine with Armada M300 ..

[amesnih]

Hey cheers for the reply, that sounds interesting...

I've managed to get it booting from a usb-stick using plop bootmanager.. yet linux mint still wont load all the way to desktop.
If I just make a usb-swap-stick like you said, will the linux mint live cd know to use it when booting up?
Or is there a way to make a bootable usb stick version of linux mint which also has a swap partition, so I could then install from it?

Hmm will also take a look at lucid puppy now...

[oobetimer]

If I just make a usb-swap-stick like you said, will the linux mint live cd know to use it when booting up?
Or is there a way to make a bootable usb stick version of linux mint which also has a swap partition, so I could then install from it?

Hmm will also take a look at lucid puppy now...

Linux uses swap automatically, so USB-swap works fine (maybe slower than HD-swap, but..). You can use 2 USB-stick on Armada M300, but you need a USB-divider. Actually Armada does not boot from USB ..