Installing Ubuntu

[TheBigB]

Hi ,

Thought about giving Linux a shot by trying Ubuntu, but seems it doesn't like my PC. I've tried an older CD version of Ubuntu and the new 6.10 DVD version. Both hang at a certain moment. I've ran memory test, I ran disk failure test. Both positive, but still it hangs.
I've tried installing text-mode found out it hangs at DHCP configuration.

Why?

[CyberSurfer]

That's probably because you don't have a network cable plugged in or there is no DHCP server running on your network...how long have you left it for? DHCP will usually time out if you leave it for long enough.

[TheBigB]

I don't have direct connection.
I have a wireless card, so I can't get much DHCP from that if it doesn't know the network name and key.
Left it for time-out about half an hour.
Maybe I'll give it another shot tonight.

[kregg]

Have you seen if any other OS will load in that DVD tray? I've tried this before and foind that one of my DVD drives is incompetent at reading any OSes.

Also, the latest Ubuntu is 7.10. Want to give that a shot?

[sunburnt]

I don't have direct connection.
I have a wireless card, so I can't get much DHCP from that if it doesn't know the network name and key.
Left it for time-out about half an hour.
Maybe I'll give it another shot tonight.

This is at bootup after you installed the system, or while booting the live cd? The DHCP timeout shouldn't be more than a minute and a half.

When it hangs, press CTRL+ALT+F1, CTRL+ALT+F2 , CTRL+ALT+F3 etc. until you see text like:

Starting foo                    [ OK ]
Starting bar                    [ OK ]

Hopefully, you'll see at the bottom something related to bringing up the network connection, like

Configuring network interfaces...

Try pressing control+c to skip that step (if that doesn't work, try control+d).

You can then switch back to the GUI once it's started by doing CTRL+ALT+F7 or CTRL+ALT+F8.


Also,what kind of wireless card do you have? It might not be worth dealing with this issue if your wireless card is not well supported by linux.

[TheBigB]

It's a Planet card.
Globally unsupported.
Had a heck of a job getting it to work on Vista initially.

Thing is, I installed it once before but I didn't really use it for anything and I had to go through 2 boot menu's to boot XP or Vista.

Btw Kregg,
Sorry that was a typo. I have 7.10.
And about the DVD drive, it may be just it.
I'll get another one from work and then I'll check.

[kregg]

Well if it's globally unsupported, you're likely to have problems with it. Nevertheless, as soon as I see something, I'll give a post here.

[kregg]

Got at least something, but it might not be of much help

[want a pie]

That happened to me, try burning the iso onto a CD rather than a DVD, and burn it at 4x no higher or it won't work!

[juapo2]

I burned to the ubuntu 7.10 to a cd with 4x burning speed, and it stops woking when the desktop is trying to load...i ahve 256 ram, does that needs to do something with that??

[Greyskull]

I burned to the ubuntu 7.10 to a cd with 4x burning speed, and it stops woking when the desktop is trying to load...i ahve 256 ram, does that needs to do something with that??

265 Ram should be enough but having 512+ is ideal. as far as i know the specs for linux os doesnt shoot up like they do in windows As far as i know these were they're min required:

Ubuntu is available for PC, 64-Bit and Mac architectures. At least 256 MB of RAM is required to run the desktop install CD. Install requires at least 4 GB of disk space

Having said that though i burnt my kubuntu 7.10 onto a cd on a 4x setting so that shouldnt been d problem. A faulty disk perhaps? or just a corrupt download?

Regards,

[juapo2]

And what happens if i use the alternate cd

[wossname]

Ubuntu 7.10 didn't work for me either, it's probably a video problem.

Try CentOS instead, I've never had any trouble installing that.