Which version will fully support my old Toshiba 1800-804 ?

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Onira
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Which version will fully support my old Toshiba 1800-804 ?

Post by Onira » 2014/09/07 15:51:49

Hello,

which version of CentOS can fully support my old laptop
Toshiba 1800-804 with 512MB SDRAM and Serial mouse?

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Re: Which version will fully support my old Toshiba 1800-804

Post by gerald_clark » 2014/09/07 18:44:10

You might be able to install C5 in text mode,
You really don't have enough RAM to do much with it.

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Re: Which version will fully support my old Toshiba 1800-804

Post by toracat » 2014/09/07 18:57:56

CentOS-5 is the earliest release that is currently available/supported today. So you might want to give it a try. Download CD #1 and do a minimal install. If that does not work on your laptop, you are out of luck as far as installing CentOS is concerned.
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Re: Which version will fully support my old Toshiba 1800-804

Post by Onira » 2014/09/07 19:01:27

gerald_clark
512 MB is the maximum that this laptop supports

I tried debia but it was difficult to run X and the mouse

I will try version 5 but which one should I use, 5.10, 5,6 or which one?

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Re: Which version will fully support my old Toshiba 1800-804

Post by gerald_clark » 2014/09/07 19:04:30

Only the latest version is supported. That makes it 5.10.

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Re: Which version will fully support my old Toshiba 1800-804

Post by drk » 2014/09/07 19:06:23

Onira wrote:I will try version 5 but which one should I use, 5.10, 5,6 or which one?
5.10

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Re: Which version will fully support my old Toshiba 1800-804

Post by iil888 » 2014/09/18 03:33:54

Please, can I install Centos on an old Toshiba Satellite?

Thanks

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Re: Which version will fully support my old Toshiba 1800-804

Post by gerald_clark » 2014/09/18 13:28:22

Why not just try it and see?

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Re: Which version will fully support my old Toshiba 1800-804

Post by Onira » 2014/09/19 16:20:16

it does recognize my graphic card
but it does not reboot, tho it does poweroff


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