LinuxUserSince2013
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I have an old machine from 2007. The motherboard is DG965OT Intel. It is currently running Linux Mint 20.3 XFCE as the main OS. I was trying to get Linux Mint 21.3 XFCE to install and run. So far I can install it from the Live Media, but can't get the installed one to boot. Curious I tried, Linux Mint 6 Debian, The live booted up, It installed, but refused to boot at first. I used to Gparted to look at it, and noticed that the boot flag was missing. I put the boot flag on the partition, and tried again. It finally booted. Curious again, I tried, ubuntu-23.10.1-desktop-amd64.iso live, and ubuntu-23.10-desktop-legacy-amd64.iso live. Neither one would boot up into the live version. Seems they are making it harder and harder to get these working on old legacy hardware. Today I am testing out MX Linux 23.1. It booted right up live, and installing it was a breeze. I tried booting into the installed media, and it works perfectly. So MX might be my next OS for that old machine.
*All installs were done with the default settings. That means the installer auto partitioned, and installed to a blank disk.
Anyways that is some history on what prompted me to ask this question.
What is the oldest hardware you got Linux installed on and running. What Distro?
*All installs were done with the default settings. That means the installer auto partitioned, and installed to a blank disk.
Anyways that is some history on what prompted me to ask this question.
What is the oldest hardware you got Linux installed on and running. What Distro?