Presumably one must get it to boot from a usb stick and
then do an FDISK before proceeding?

Which version of LINUX is recommended these days?

The PC is an Advent 4213 currently with Windows XP

What concerns me is the prospect of an unusable PC
with Windows gone but LINUX not operational.

gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> writes:

> Presumably one must get it to boot from a usb stick and
> then do an FDISK before proceeding?
>
> Which version of LINUX is recommended these days?
>
> The PC is an Advent 4213 currently with Windows XP
>
> What concerns me is the prospect of an unusable PC
> with Windows gone but LINUX not operational.

Yes, you'll want to write your image to a USB stick (see
https://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#write-usb) and then boot from it. I
highly recommend Debian, just download the "netinst" image
(https://www.debian.org/download). You don't need to run fdisk, the
installer will walk you through partitioning.

I looked up the Advent 4213, at this point it's a 14 year old
netbook... if you absolutely fail to get Linux on it, it's not exactly a
massive loss.

john

To: gareth evans
-=> gareth evans wrote to alt.folklore.computers <=-

ge> The PC is an Advent 4213 currently with Windows XP

ge> What concerns me is the prospect of an unusable PC
ge> with Windows gone but LINUX not operational.

Create a Clonezilla USB stick, and create a backup of the partition
onto a USB stick. Once that's done, create a bootable USB of your
distribution of choice.

If you have 1GB of memory, you might want to look at Lubuntu or one of
the other "light" linux distros. With 2GB of RAM you may have more
options.

If you want to go back to XP, you can boot from Clonezilla and restore
the partition from the backup you made.

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gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Presumably one must get it to boot from a usb stick and
> then do an FDISK before proceeding?

> Which version of LINUX is recommended these days?

> The PC is an Advent 4213 currently with Windows XP

> What concerns me is the prospect of an unusable PC
> with Windows gone but LINUX not operational.

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ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) writes:

> Notepad?
>
>
> gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Presumably one must get it to boot from a usb stick and
>> then do an FDISK before proceeding?
>
>> Which version of LINUX is recommended these days?
>
>> The PC is an Advent 4213 currently with Windows XP
>
>> What concerns me is the prospect of an unusable PC
>> with Windows gone but LINUX not operational.

Surely the context was clear from the post, or if not you could try a
web search for "Advent 4213". Alternatively, don't think, just (top) post!

john

I'm using Bunsenlabs Linux https://www.bunsenlabs.org/ on an EeePC of
the same age with good success.You may run it as life system first to
see if everything is working before you install.
--thomas.

John schrieb am 02.08.2023 um 00:52:
> ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) writes:
>
>> Notepad?
>>
>>
>> gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> Presumably one must get it to boot from a usb stick and
>>> then do an FDISK before proceeding?
>>
>>> Which version of LINUX is recommended these days?
>>
>>> The PC is an Advent 4213 currently with Windows XP
>>
>>> What concerns me is the prospect of an unusable PC
>>> with Windows gone but LINUX not operational.
>
> Surely the context was clear from the post, or if not you could try a
> web search for "Advent 4213". Alternatively, don't think, just (top) post!
>
> john

On 03/08/2023 18:31, Schmitty wrote:
> I'm using Bunsenlabs Linux https://www.bunsenlabs.org/ on an EeePC of
> the same age with good success.You may run it as life system first to
> see if everything is working before you install.
> --thomas.
>

Sorry but what does "life system" mean?

Otherwise many thanks to all who have responded and when I have
worked out how to, and have managed to, replace the CMOS backup
battery then I'll attempt LINUX installation.

On Fri, 4 Aug 2023 11:10:21 +0100
gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> wrote:

> On 03/08/2023 18:31, Schmitty wrote:
> > I'm using Bunsenlabs Linux https://www.bunsenlabs.org/ on an EeePC of
> > the same age with good success.You may run it as life system first to
> > see if everything is working before you install.
> > --thomas.
> >
>
> Sorry but what does "life system" mean?

That should have been "live system" - it means that it can be run
from the install media without installing it on the system, which is a
great way to find out if it works.

--
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Obit: Beautiful Theory died today of factual inconsistency

Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Aug 2023 11:10:21 +0100
> gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> On 03/08/2023 18:31, Schmitty wrote:
>>> I'm using Bunsenlabs Linux https://www.bunsenlabs.org/ on an EeePC of
>>> the same age with good success.You may run it as life system first to
>>> see if everything is working before you install.
>>> --thomas.
>>>
>>
>> Sorry but what does "life system" mean?
>
> That should have been "live system" - it means that it can be run
> from the install media without installing it on the system, which is a
> great way to find out if it works.
>

I think I got burned by this once, when the system ran from flash but
wouldn’t boot after install. I think I needed a different or updated
driver.

--
Pete

On 2023-08-01, gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Presumably one must get it to boot from a usb stick and
> then do an FDISK before proceeding?
>
> Which version of LINUX is recommended these days?
>
> The PC is an Advent 4213 currently with Windows XP
>
> What concerns me is the prospect of an unusable PC
> with Windows gone but LINUX not operational.
>
>

Alpine Linux if you dare, but it will wipe out everything on the "sys"
install, it will wipe out the partition table, so backup everything
and everything will be fine. By default it uses a CLI install,
but you can install any desktop on top.

You can use OpenBSD i386 too. I am using a netbook with the same
processor and it runs fine on a command line/TUI/light X software
setup.

On 01/08/2023 18:06, Kurt Weiske wrote:
> If you have 1GB of memory, you might want to look at Lubuntu or one of
> the other "light" linux distros. With 2GB of RAM you may have more options.

Lubuntu won't work.

Like all other forms of Ubuntu it is 64-bit only now.

The low-end distro I recommend for non-Linux-experts is the Raspberry Pi
Desktop. It works very well but it's bigger and slower than WinXP and
will be sluggish... but it's the lightest mainstream Linux left.

(It is Debian-based and works well, using considerably less resources
than Debian itself.)

--
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lproven+es@hotmail.com
(or liamproven on either AOL or Yahoo UK)

On Mon, 28 Aug 2023 12:32:00 +0100
Liam Proven <lproven@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 01/08/2023 18:06, Kurt Weiske wrote:
> > If you have 1GB of memory, you might want to look at Lubuntu or one of
> > the other "light" linux distros. With 2GB of RAM you may have more options.
>
>
> Lubuntu won't work.
>
> Like all other forms of Ubuntu it is 64-bit only now.
>
> The low-end distro I recommend for non-Linux-experts is the Raspberry Pi
> Desktop. It works very well but it's bigger and slower than WinXP and
> will be sluggish... but it's the lightest mainstream Linux left.
>
> (It is Debian-based and works well, using considerably less resources
> than Debian itself.)
>
I think maybe tinycore (x86) is still being update -
yes:
http://tinycorelinux.net/14.x/x86/release/

>
> --
> Liam Proven ~ Douglas, Isle of Man
> lproven+es@hotmail.com
> (or liamproven on either AOL or Yahoo UK)
>

--
Bah, and indeed Humbug.

On 2023-08-28, Liam Proven <lproven@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 01/08/2023 18:06, Kurt Weiske wrote:
>> If you have 1GB of memory, you might want to look at Lubuntu or one of
>> the other "light" linux distros. With 2GB of RAM you may have more options.
>
>
> Lubuntu won't work.
>
> Like all other forms of Ubuntu it is 64-bit only now.
>
> The low-end distro I recommend for non-Linux-experts is the Raspberry Pi
> Desktop. It works very well but it's bigger and slower than WinXP and
> will be sluggish... but it's the lightest mainstream Linux left.
>
> (It is Debian-based and works well, using considerably less resources
> than Debian itself.)
>
>

Alpine Linux is not that nice, get the extended i686 image, connect yourself
to the internet and set up a light desktop. It's much faster than Debian.