[Leaplist] Installing on a Compaq Presario 5310US

[Bruce Metcalf]

patrick wrote:
> I have a Compaq Presario 5310US, 1.2Ghz, 384MB RAM, 40Gb drive, CD
> burner, DVD ROM.
> 
> It won't boot anything newer than PCLinuxOS - P93 and Kubuntu 5.04.
> 
> The repositories are too old and closed for those versions.

Exactly the problem I've been having with several systems here. 
Something changed in either the kernel or install after *buntu 5.04 that 
broke a good number of older systems.

Do please share your successes with finding another OS that will work on 
your Compaq, as most of my systems are still offline.

Bruce