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I'm currently trying to do a clean installation of Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS, reasons why being lackage of RAM due to motherboard limitations (max 8GB DDR2 800Mhz), the motherboard being the MS-7259 V1.1.

I created a bootable USB using Rufus as always, selecting FreeDOS as the desired boot selection, but when I try to boot up from the USB I get a FreeDOS screen asking the keyboard layout, then changing to a navigable filesystem of FreeDOS. I checked everything I knew about from the board, I made sure legacy USB was enabled (when it's disabled the USB is not recognizzed) and still nothing different will happen. I think the problem will be that my motherboard doesn't recognize UEFI, but honestly I don't know about it.

Could somebody help me? Or either recommend a Linux distro that has an App Store and minimun requirements be like 512MB of RAM, I'm trying to do this installation to help out a friend build a PC for his kids.

  • It's an Intel Dual Core 2.8GHz, I'm not sure of the reference. Yes, 8GB is plenty of RAM, but it's only 2GB available and I don't think they will be able to upgrade up to 8GB soon. The thing is, the motherboard itself is of 2005. –  Oct 06 '20 at 23:20
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    They still should be fine with Xubuntu or Lubuntu. Both those requirements are like 128MB - 512MB at minimum. – Terrance Oct 06 '20 at 23:21
  • I tried with Ubuntu 16.04 and happened the same. I don't think the problem resides in the edition I'm trying to install, but thanks. –  Oct 06 '20 at 23:30
  • See: https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/create-a-usb-stick-on-windows#1-overview as they don't use the FreeDOS. – Terrance Oct 06 '20 at 23:40
  • https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/create-a-usb-stick-on-windows#4-boot-selection-and-partition-scheme - It literally says use FreeDOS u_u –  Oct 06 '20 at 23:44
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    After step 5 it no longer says freedos but the version of Ubuntu that is being written. – Terrance Oct 06 '20 at 23:47
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    I am running Lubuntu 18.04 on just 1.2GBs of ram. 12.04 has been out of support for years. Ubuntu will install on older MBs easier than on a brand new MB. – crip659 Oct 07 '20 at 00:01
  • Use Boot selection = Disk or ISO image, (Select the image). Partition scheme = MBR, Target system = BIOS or UEFI. – C.S.Cameron Oct 07 '20 at 04:09

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