Subj : Linux for old computer (very)
To   : Sergey Sapronov
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Wed Nov 10 2021 10:34 am

Hey Sergey!

 SS> Ответ на сообщение Maurice Kinal (2:280/464.113) к Sergey Sapronov, написанное 10 ноя 21 в 09:02:

Easy for you to say.  ;-)

 SS> There is a CD-rom, but it does not read modern cd-r for some
 SS> unknown reason.

I am betting it is too fast a burn speed.  I hear 4x is the best speed for targetting older CD-ROMs.  Also CDs used to be 650M so that also might be an issue since I believe CDs are now 700M?  It's been awhile but I do remember that lower burn speeds made a big difference.

 SS> So far I have come to this option: I removed the HDD, connected
 SS> it via an IDE-2-USB adapter to a full-fledged laptop, created a
 SS> virtual machine with this physical disk through VMWare player on
 SS> it, and on this disk I plan to install Linux from an iso image,
 SS> and after installation, connect the hdd back to the old laptop

I used to do that without the virtual.  It worked great and was way faster than CD installs.  I still do it this way except with SSDs.

 SS> this is the design!

An excellent one.

Life is good,
Maurice

.... Longað þonne þy læs þe him con leoþa worn.
    He is less troubled by longing who knows many songs.
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