Hi Peter, On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 08:24:53PM +1100, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > On Thu, 2008-03-13 at 10:36 +0000, Peter Shanahan wrote: > > Hello I am a NEW linux user and I have been trying to get a valid copy of > > Ubuntu Server Edition to do a bit of home networking ( and learn > > something from making my own mistakes )
[ Snipped some advice from Sridhar ] > > however I have tried 4 times to > > download both versions of Ubuntu Server on the Web page and burn to disk > > without ANY luck whatsoever. The install has failed to run until > > completion each time stating a failure to load X or Y package. I have > > burnt these at the slowest speed possible to eliminate potential errors > > and according to the download software they have arrived intact. If > > anyone knows what I am doing wrong or if I can buy a working copy I would > > be most pleased to hear from you. I am trying to set them up on an old > > COMPAQ ML370 P III 500 with 1280MB RAM and 3 SCSI Disk with RAID 5. > > Thanks If you are burning the ISO to CD, read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto. That might help you get started. Make sure you get the right Ubuntu desktop/server versionfor your processor (Piii would be i386 so get ubuntu-<version>-desktop-i386.iso from one of the local mirror). [ some more snipping ] -- Cheers, Raphael. -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
