[SOLVED] xubuntu 8.04/8.10 not booting

[ZloboMiR]

Hello,

Thank you for this wonderful software and for activating my account!
I have sent already a message via the "Contact Us" link, but it seems to be lost.
So here it is again:
I am playing with an ancient IBM 6269 N2G (Intel P3 733MHz, 256MB RAM). When I tried to boot xUbuntu 8.04 and 8.1, after the startup screen (Try xUbuntu ...) I got "Segmentation fault" and "Permission denied" errors. I checked the md5 sums of the isos, they are correct. Also tried on a modern PC, errors are the same. However version 9.10 boots fine.
Thank you again in advance for your time.

Best regards,

[longpanda]

Which ISO file did you test?

[Steve2926]

Give exact name of ISO, size and download URL

Your PC has a 32-bit CPU, so presumably you have downloaded one of the 32-bit 8.10 ISOs ?

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xubuntu-8.10-desktop-i386.iso

Fails!

Ctrl+r  grub2 mode does not boot ISO at all.
F1 (mem) works  (but may not work on 256MB system as not enough RAM?)

grubfm (partnew) works, E2B works.

https://linux.softpedia.com/get/System/O...9149.shtml

[ZloboMiR]

Hello,

This is the isos I have tried:

http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/...p-i386.iso

and

http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/...p-i386.iso

I believe RAM size is not the issue, as the situation is the same on a machine witn Intel i5 and 4GB of RAM.
Anyway, I managed to install and run Antix, so please treat this one as low priority...

Best regards,

[longpanda]

Ventoy does not support xubuntu 8.04/8.10 which are too old (the latest xubuntu is 21.10)

It's just like that Ventoy support Windows, but must be Windows 7+ (Windows XP is not supported).

[ZloboMiR]

Ventoy does not support xubuntu 8.04/8.10 which are too old (the latest xubuntu is 21.10)

It's just like that Ventoy support Windows, but must be Windows 7+ (Windows XP is not supported).

Fair enough, I just thought that it could be an issue applying to other isos as well, or some easy fix.
Happy coding!

Best regards,

[Steve2926]

Did you try F1 or not?

[ZloboMiR]

Did you try F1 or not?

When exactly I have to press F1 ?

[Steve2926]

F1 is a hotkey used in Ventoy. So obviously you do not press F1 when the PC is off or in Windows/Linux. You would press F1 once you have booted to Ventoy.

Just to help you...

1. Boot to Ventoy
2. Press F1 - [Memdisk] should appear at the bottom of the menu
3. Select your ISO file and boot.

[ZloboMiR]

Thanks for the instruction. I pressed F1 in Ventoy and [Memdisk] in red appeared at the bottom of the menu. Next I selected the xubuntu 8.10 iso and pressed enter and... I got "No ramdisk image specified!".