Re: Installing bookworm on an old HP laptop
On Monday, 09-09-2024 at 20:08 Mick Ab wrote:
> I am interested in installing bookworm alongside the current Windows 7 on
> an old HP ProBook 6570b laptop.
>
> I am thinking of downloading the first two DVDs of bookworm from one of the
> Debian mirror sites, then copying that to two DVD-R discs and installing
> bookworm those two discs.
>
> I think I have enough RAM and hard drive to accommodate bookworm, but I am
> not sure whether my laptop has the other hardware needed to run bookworm.
>
> Any advice on this matter would be much appreciated.
1) I would try a Debian Live DVD. I have used the method to determine if my hardware is supported, not sure if it is a complete test, but should help.
https://www.debian.org/CD/live/
2) At times I have installed to a USB external disk drive, when my PC can boot from a USB drive. I would not suggest using this as a permanent solution as USB is slow, and if a memory disk, they are not build for lots of read/writes. But should work well as a test.
3) A few people I know use ventoy to run and test various distributions:
https://ventoy.net/en/index.html
George.
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> Thanks.
>
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