> I feel your pain. I'm trying to install a minimal Ubuntu on a ThinkPad
> 750P. That's a screaming 33MHz 486 in my lappy! Aptiva could have a 486 or
> Pentium.

For this you REALLY should use the Ubuntu alternate install CD.

The alternate install CD allows you to perform certain specialist
installations of Ubuntu. It provides for the following situations:

    * creating pre-configured OEM systems;
    * setting up automated deployments;
    * upgrading from older installations without network access;
    * LVM and/or RAID partitioning;
    * installs on systems with less than about 320MB of RAM (although
note that low-memory systems may not be able to run a full desktop
environment reasonably).

http://ubuntu-releases.cs.umn.edu/gutsy/MD5SUMS
http://ubuntu-releases.cs.umn.edu/gutsy/MD5SUMS.gpg
http://ubuntu-releases.cs.umn.edu/gutsy/ubuntu-7.10-alternate-i386.iso
http://ubuntu-releases.cs.umn.edu/gutsy/ubuntu-7.10-alternate-i386.iso.torrent

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