Ubuntu Install problems

**CantDoLinux** · 11-08-2005

My Ubuntu installation onto my laptop crashes when installing the base system, at around 6%. The log it says I have to check doesn't exist! Any ideas or is this too vague?

**Vergil83** · 11-08-2005

What is the name of the log?

**bryansmith** · 11-08-2005

Did you check the integrity of the ISO when you downloaded it?

Bryan

**CantDoLinux** · 11-08-2005

yeah, MD5 was fine as far as I could tell. I will download it again just to check tho. can't remember what the log was! bootstrap sometying I think.

I'm not very good at this

I was just looking for a fast, light, flexible distro for my laptop...

**bryansmith** · 11-09-2005

I notice you have Suse 10.0 in your info. Any reason you don't want to stick with it? It has a pretty good boot time and laptop support is great (acpi and backgrounding of network).

Bryan

**CantDoLinux** · 11-10-2005

i feel like such a fool - just downloaded ubuntu again and install worked first time... sorry for being such a loser!

I'm sticking with suse for my desktop - i love it - i'm really impressed! But I was looking for something lighter for an old-ish laptop I have that doesn't get used for much. So I thought why not try another distro, with another GUI and see what happens - you can never learn too much!

**Whightking** · 11-11-2005

I am also having trouble installing linux. I installed it fine on my old vaio machine but when tryinr to installing on my AMD 64 machine it always stops at about 86% on copying files. I have a sata DVD burning, and I thought that was the problem sho I put in a ide cdrom drive and still no success. I also tried installing from a flash drive.

Any ideas?

**leverknight1** · 11-12-2005

are you using the intel distro of ubuntu or did you get the 64bit version?

**sunny_cadelhi** · 10-23-2006

Hi!
I ‘ve a celeron 1.2Ghz 128MB RAM 30GB PC with Windows Xp. I tried top install ubuntu 6.0 with the free installation CD (live CD). After asking for the option to boot, I choose 1st option of install. Then i see some programming being done & there is some checking also with every answer as OK. thereafter a brown screen appears & i see a dialouge box. On it i see, ubuntu logo & “windows manager” as text only. Then, nothing happens & only the brown screen remains. If i try to eject the cd, it is not possible & i can hear the cd being used. Ultimately I ‘ve to restart the PC forcefully.

Plz guide me how to solve this prob. Thanx in Advance.

**devils casper** · 10-23-2006

Originally Posted by sunny_cadelhi

If i try to eject the cd, it is not possible & i can hear the cd being used. Ultimately I ‘ve to restart the PC forcefully.

i didn't get it. did you install Ubuntu or not ? are you booting from Ubuntu CD after installation ?

casper

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