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Got an old laptop from a friend but it had win10 on it which isn't really supported and was painfully slow

Downloaded and burnt an iso (with verify) of latest distro but laptop won't boot from it. It tries but console shows odd errors after we get the ubuntu loading screen

So I dug out an old distro (trusty tahir) and booted into that no problem at all and installed it. Sadly my old disc was 32 bit so tried to create a second boot disc this time from ubuntu

But same problem

Anyone come across this? Will find a USB stick and try burning and booting to that.

Leaving it on 32 bit old distro isn't really an option :-)

Rich

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  • Please be specific with details; what is the latest distro" as you understand it? Ubuntu has many products, and many releases (some having different ISO install options, with many architecture choices) & your question is void of specifics. Please also note Ubuntu hasn't intended *optical media be used for installs since Ubuntu 22.04 LTS; ie. it should be avoided as it can take >60 minutes as the ISO is no longer written to ensure it's fast there (being optimized for flash media; esp. with media verification... did you wait long enough?).
    – guiverc
    Dec 23, 2022 at 11:07
  • At the start of the boot attempt if i escape from the logo screen i see: "can't open /dev/sr0" repeated lots. So I'm guessing it's not detecting the hard drive? Fine with an older distro though? Any ideas appreciated. Dec 23, 2022 at 11:20
  • Thanks @guiverc. Didn't write down the distro just the one get ubuntu offered me. But will try burning to usb stick Dec 23, 2022 at 11:24
  • Of course file name tells me. Ubuntu-22.04.1-desktop-amd64 Dec 23, 2022 at 11:48
  • Also all the big red errors on the console log didn't give me warm fuzzies that it was working ok. But maybe it might have live booted after an hour? Who's got that kinda time? Old distro booted in a couple of minutes Dec 23, 2022 at 11:56

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