On 1 January, 2008, Cameron wrote: > Hi All, > > I have been trying to get the last Ubuntu dual-booting with Windows 2000 > on an laptop, but for some reason it seems to get stuck part way through > the process and not want to go forward. > > I have tried using a Live-CD and the alternate iso and it seems to > happen in the same place everytime. The parttions get set=up fine and > everything goes smooth until it hits the configuring apt and it seems to > stall on scanning the mirror. It only ever seems to get to 40% of the > whole process no matter how long I let it sit. I have tried it with the > system on and off of the docking station and without a network > connection but it all seems to crap out in the same place. > > The only real difference with that way this system was before and what > it is now is that the laptop previously had Ubuntu 7.04 on it with the > whole hard drive and now I want to dual-boot it, so have split the hard > drive to accommodate a Windows Linux & a shared data drive. > > The network card was working fine before and it looks like the DHCP > configuration happens correctly. I have also tried some of the other > install methods as well, and just can;t seem to get past this point. > > For good measure I am even leaving the laptop to cool down before > attempts, but I have been trying this for a couple weeks now. >
Which specific iso's are you using? What's the CPU in your laptop? The reason I ask is that I have a desktop with an AMD Athlon 64 X2, and could not get any of the AMD64 iso's (Ubuntu or Kubuntu, live desktop and alternate) to completely load or install - like yours, they would reach a certain point then stop. The 32bit iso's worked fine. Alastair _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
