Linux on old laptop - still trying...

[Tom Buskey]

On 6/5/06, Ben Scott <dragonhawk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 6/5/06, Tech Writer <TechWtr at handspun.com> wrote:
> > I started up the Ubunu install, but it got caught up at:
> >   ACPI: Unable to locate RSDP
> >
> > If I did my googling right, that means ...
>
>   Yah.  In short, ACPI isn't there or is really broken.  This is not
> unusual.


My Fedora 4 system disables ACPI checking on a pre 1999 BIOS.  I imagine a
P150 laptop is 1997 era.

I'd say Ubuntu needs a much more modern system with more power/ram/disk.

What modern distributions will work well on P150 systems?
Is it better to go retro w/ Redhat 7 era distributions?
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