Laptops :: Thinkpad 380ED DSL 2.1b

Well, the laptop specs:
1.6gb hard drive
Pentium 166
16mb ram
CDROM
Floppy

I had this running 1.8 or something and yesterday i found 2.1b was out. Well, thinking i should upgrade i got the iso and tried it as a live cd. I started it the same as i would 1.8 (fb800x600 expert) then it goes through, i choose the frame buffer, imps2 mouse and us language. Then i get the checkerboard background and the mouse is an X. Then if i let it sit for 20mins i get the new info panel thing in the top right and thats about it. I have tried 2.2RC1, but it does the same thing... what should I do? I also tried a HD install but it did the same thing.

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