I just got an old Gateway Solo 2500 from a friend. I wanted to try Linux(first time) so I downloaded the newest version and burned it to a disc. When I tried to boot(bios set to boot from cd-rom) I get to the welcome screen. So then I press enter and the penguin comes up in the corner. It says that it is searching for a usb device and then finishes. Then It goes to found compressed image or something like that at /cdrom/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX. I goes on forever and forever and doesn't do anything. What can I do to fix this? Is my computer to slow?

It only has about 64Mb Ram, and a 4G Harddrive. I recently wiped the harddrive clean idk if that might help. Just the basics.