On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 12:59:51 -0700 "John Marcotte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I strongly suggest using the 'alternate installer' CD instead of the > > regular Ubuntu installer. The alternate CD provides a text-mode > > installer similar to the traditional Debian installer. It is much > > more reliable than the GUI installer. > > I tried this next and experienced an almost identical freeze. The > alternate install CD actually has a small graphical interface that > asks if you want to do a text install. When I choose text install, it > switches to a blank screen and freezes. > > > You might also want to try installing into a chroot environment > > within your running Debian installation using debootstrap (not the > > regular bootable installer). Feel free to ask for more details on > > this method if you choose to use it. > > > > I suspected there was a method like this, but I'm an end user not a > system admin. I'm not sure how to do this. There's no such thing as an end user in Linux, especially if you're planning to do your own install ;) Ubuntu gives some directions here. http://help.ubuntu.com/6.10/ubuntu/installation-guide/i386/linux-upgrade.html I imagine you can figure out how to adjust appropriately for your particular setup. --Ken -- Ken Bloom. PhD candidate. Linguistic Cognition Laboratory. Department of Computer Science. Illinois Institute of Technology. http://www.iit.edu/~kbloom1/
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