[AT] OT - Linux revisited

[Henry Miller]

Old computers will not boot from a USB drive, you might need to write a CD to boot from. I have that problem with some of my old computers. 

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  Henry Miller
  hank at millerfarm.com

On Tue, Apr 21, 2020, at 13:33, Phillip Kelley wrote:
> I have been a lurker here for many years and gained much valuable info 
> regarding tractors and other skills.
> 
> The recent thread about installing Linux on an old laptop has prompted 
> me to dust off an old HP dvb6t running 32 bit Windows Vista Home 
> Premium.  I have successively cloned and replaced the hard drive to a 
> 240 GB SSD.  I then downloaded Linux Mint 19.3 (32 bit) ISO to a new 
> 64GB thumb drive.  Attempts to make it bootable failed using both Rufus 
> and Etcher because they don't support Vista.  So I moved the project to 
> my Win 10 laptop and tried Rufus again.  It appears to go through all 
> the steps but ends with an error message and the thumb drive doesn't 
> boot .  Am I making this to complicated?
> 
> Any advice would be appreciated.  TIA
> 
> Phil Kelley - GA
> 
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