New to this

Dloading (again) Ubuntu 8.10.

First time round FF prompted that the download was complete around 250MB!!

Knew it was not to be. Still burnt the ISO. Booted from Cd and got the option to run without changing etetc :-D Can't remember too new to this. Anyhow when selected gave an error. Obviously the incomplete ISO to blame.

So started the Dload again and at my BB speed will take another 3hrs :-D

See you all in a bit :wave
Cheers..

 

Hi sikvik.
One tip for avoiding errors on the disk is when you burn it use the lowest possible speed on your burner also select the verify option.
It obviously takes a while longer but give a much better disk.

 

Thanks, Bill. I burnt @ 50% of Max speed. Just hope I get the entire ISO downloaded this time round!!

 

Thankyou Halo, will try IMGBurn and the Dload manager next time. @70% right now and a hour to go :cry

 

Here's the latest!! I'm not installing, just running from Cd.

Ubuntu boots (from CD) Comes up to a light fawn coloured screen.
Then goes to a black screen with a white dot and rotating black dots within.
Next, to a black screen and pointer and that's it...Stuck.

Left it for five mins no activity in the Cd drive!! Can't eject the drive -It's in wonderland, I presume :-D

I reboot - Windows is not happy that I'm ejecting the Cd. Tug of war with the half ejected tray.. I win - yank out the Cd :-D

Does one need to run "MD5SUM on Linux" to check the download. If this is required, how in the dickens does one do it? I'ts a recommendation before burning the ISO -to authenticate the Download.

Lastly, when I insert the Cd once windows has booted, it runs and gives option to install, without creating a partition!! Does that mean it will opt to dual boot automatically??

Cheers....

 

Ubuntu has the option of installing itself as an "application" in the same partition you've got Windows running. It's advertised as being a bit slower, but less trouble. It's done using the WUBI installer, details here: http://wubi-installer.org/faq.php

 

Thanks but if it does not run from Cd won't the install be corrupt!!

 

The usual suspects are video settings. What kind of hardware are you attempting this on? Have you tried accessing the Live CD from within windows? The file is I believe wubi.exe on the disk accessable from Windows Explorer.

 

This is on a p4 1.8GHz. In Explorer, I see the setup wubi 7z Setup SFX but its ready to install on double click! How do I check for video setting?? I just want to try ubuntu withot installing. Thanks

 

Got onto Ubuntu :celebrate

Got to VESA via F4. Thanks very much plodr. This did the trick.
Do I have some issues with hardware or settings :confused
Scrolling up/down on web pages is jerky!!
Thanks a lot everyone..

Cheers...

 

Working fine in regular mode on this old R52 IBM ThinkPad laptop :hyper