On Wednesday 29 November 2006 14:47, alex wrote: >I tried another pc - pentium 450 with 198 megs of memory. >The same thing - I can run it just fine from the cd , but when it comes >to installing on a harddrive it stalls forever. >May be I just abandon harddrive installation alltogether and run it from >the cd on a permanent basis? >In this case how do I save a config file, to avoid to set it every time >I boot up the machine? >Alex >
Can you find some more of that type of memory? My box has half a gig & has never had a problem of that sort. The previous box on that shelf had 320 megs & it was fine too. >Sam Sokolik wrote: >> How many times did you try the install? I have had the partitioning >> part of the install crash, but the second time around it works just >> fine. >> >> sam >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: alex <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 11:08 AM >> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] trying to install umbuntu >> >> I'm trying the latest version of ubuntu. >> Machine is brand new, of cource it is possible that harddrive is >> defective, but it is not complaining on boot up. >> As far as I know hard drive currently isn't partitioned at all. >> Will try yet another pc - I have many. >> Alex >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>>What version of Ubuntu? Was the drive previously partitioned? Did >>> you use the default partitioning? >>> >>>I've installed Ubuntu on old, old machines with 32MB of memory, and >>> 20GB drives, and it worked fine. >>> >>>You might have a drive with a problem, which the installation >>> procedure will not handle gracefully, or, if you didn't use the >>> default partitioning, you may have misconfigured the partitions. >>> >>>I'd try swapping in a spare drive, if you have one at hand. >>> >>>Kirk >>> >>> >>> -------------- Original message ---------------------- >>>From: alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>>>What are the minimal requirements for installation? >>>>Alex >>>> >>>>alex wrote: >>>>>My previous message didn't appear for some reason, but to summarize >>>>> I bought a new machine with 512 meg memory >>>>>and was able to run emc from cd. >>>>>Now I want to install it on a hard drive, >>>>>Unfortunately after it configures partition -50 % of the drive , >>>>> which is 40 Gigs, it gives a message -error, >>>>>not enough space for installation. >>>>>How do I fix it? >>>>>Alex >>>>> >>>>>Jon Elson wrote: >>>>>>alex wrote: >>>>>>>Hi! >>>>>>>I downloaded umbuntu , copyied it into cd but when I turn on the >>>>>>> pc it still boots from hard drive. >>>>>>>It sees my cd becouse it is printed on a boot up. >>>>>> >>>>>>In the BIOS setup screen there should be some way to set the boot >>>>>>order. make sure the >>>>>>CD is in the list, and comes before the hard drive. >>>>>> >>>>>>If that doesn't fix it : >>>>>> >>>>>>When the system is running whatever is already on the hard drive, >>>>>> see what the CD >>>>>>looks like. If it has one HUGE file named xxxxx.iso, you didn't >>>>>> copy the iso file to >>>>>>the CD as a bootable image. You need to use the "burn iso file to >>>>>> CD" or similar option >>>>>>in your CD burning program when doing this, or it will just copy >>>>>> the ISO file as an >>>>>>ordinary Windows file. You want it to move the iso file to the CD >>>>>>verbatim, because >>>>>>it is an image of a bootable CD file system. >>>>>> >>>>>>Jon >>>>>> >>>>>>------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>------ Take Surveys. Earn Cash. 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If it has one HUGE file named xxxxx.iso, you didn't >>>>> copy the iso file to >>>>>the CD as a bootable image. You need to use the "burn iso file to >>>>> CD" or similar option >>>>>in your CD burning program when doing this, or it will just copy the >>>>> ISO file as an >>>>>ordinary Windows file. You want it to move the iso file to the CD >>>>>verbatim, because >>>>>it is an image of a bootable CD file system. >>>>> >>>>>Jon >>>>> >>>>>-------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>----- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. 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