Re: Old computer with Savage Video Help

2014-01-31 Thread chris
Wow a p3 laptop can't remember the last time I've seen one those at all, let along in a full working state. And here I was thinking I was an old fart with my core2duo laptop :) I do have to say though its amazing the extra life Linux and especially debian imo can give an old machine. A very mi

Re: Old computer with Savage Video Help

2014-01-30 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 31/01/14 16:31, Robert Crawford wrote: > My laptop is a Toshiba Satellite 2400-S251 with Super Savage Video chip. > It does have pae built in. 30 gb hd and 512 mb ram. > > Ubuntu above 12.04.3 has issues with the Savage video chip. Also it > won't boot from USB drive. Debian != Ubuntu Just w

Old computer with Savage Video Help

2014-01-30 Thread Robert Crawford
My laptop is a Toshiba Satellite 2400-S251 with Super Savage Video chip. It does have pae built in. 30 gb hd and 512 mb ram. Ubuntu above 12.04.3 has issues with the Savage video chip. Also it won't boot from USB drive. This what worked., Download Hirens Boot CD http://www.hirensbootcd.org It ha