Sorry to be late to the game... Something I've found very handy to install Ubuntu/Puppy Linux/DSL on older and less capable machines is Plop Boot Manager.
Can boot from floppy, CD, USB, etc. and boot *to* whatever you've got connected - external drives, USB flash drives, PCMCIA drives, whatever - whether there is BIOS support for that device or not. Very handy, and it can be used with a minimum of installation to the target media. I installed Ubuntu 9 on an old Fujitsu tablet with it, and it worked like a champ.
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Date: 2011-07-02 02:29 am (UTC)http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager.html
Can boot from floppy, CD, USB, etc. and boot *to* whatever you've got connected - external drives, USB flash drives, PCMCIA drives, whatever - whether there is BIOS support for that device or not. Very handy, and it can be used with a minimum of installation to the target media. I installed Ubuntu 9 on an old Fujitsu tablet with it, and it worked like a champ.