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Old 02-08-2023, 01:44 PM   #1
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General recommendations for old Laptops with obsolete BIOS


If you can recommend the optimal best distro for this

T510 Lenovo Thinkpad laptop with a very obsolete BIOS (almost 13 years old), here's some specifications:

BIOS Version 1.24 (6MET61WW)
BIOS Date (Year-Month-Day) 2010-06-07
Embedded Controller Version 1.13
CPU Type Intel (R) Core (TM) i7 CPU M 620
CPU Speed 2.666Hz
Installed Memory 12288MB


https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...os-4175721814/

that would be great!
 
Old 02-08-2023, 02:06 PM   #2
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Links of interest

https://thinkpads.com/forum/viewtopi...649e65da9b2b75


https://www.techradar.com/news/best-...t-linux-distro
 
Old 02-08-2023, 03:59 PM   #3
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I wonder what the bios has to do with linux.
 
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I wonder what the bios has to do with linux.

This link describes the problem with the obsolete bios after I experimented with numerous live distros:

https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...os-4175721814/
 
Old 02-08-2023, 07:03 PM   #5
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Knoppix 8.2 usb boots just fine

those modern distros have the "vmx (outside txt) disabled by BIOS installing linux &/or running usb live linux obsolete BIOS error.
 
Old 02-08-2023, 08:01 PM   #6
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Not having virtualization enabled should not prevent an OS from booting. If yiu do not intend to run any virtual software it should not matter and with the many PCs I own it has just been matter of entering the BIOS and enabling virtualization.

The OS is just reporting the warning and does not disable the setting.
Even though you see the warning does the computer still boot up?
Have you tried accessing the BIOS to see there exists a VT-x setting?
 
  


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