Ubuntu Problem

IBall · 04-25-2006, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by drkstr

I'm pretty sure it's a hardware problem. I had the exact same thing happen duing slackware installation when my CD drive was starting to die out. Replacing the hardware fixed the problem. It's unlikly that all 3 distro's he tried failing to install was the result of a bad download. And yes, I agree with you, Ubuntu is better for newbies. But then again, so is windows

regards,
...drkstr

It may be worth burning at a lower speed - this may help. Of couse, if it is a drive problem, then getting a new one will solve that problem, but even on a new drive buring at a lower speed reduces the chances of errors.

Slackware is an excellent distro, dont get me wrong, but I think that it is a good idea for newbies to get used to Linux before trying slackware. The learning curve is already steep for Linux, and Slackware may tend to scare potential users off. I know several people who tried Slack, and then went back to Windows.

--Ian

drkstr · 04-26-2006, 12:20 AM

As much as I love Slack, I have to agree. It took me a long while before I was compfortable enough to stop relying on my dual boot setup. Ubuntu still rubs me the wrong way though. May I also suggest Gentoo as a good distro for newbies? From what I have seen, they have been able to integrate the ease of use while still giving you the ability to customize and configure. They also have an amazing amount of documentation and howto guides on just about any topic imaginable. I myself have used the Gentoo guides to get alsa and video acceleration working on my Slack system. Have you used Gentoo at all iBall? If so what's your opinion of it.

atomic16, you should definitely try burning at a slower speed, as iBall suggests, before going out and buying new hardware.

regards,
...drkstr

IBall · 04-26-2006, 02:04 AM

I have never used Gentoo, but I have used the documentation at times, since it is of very good quality. It seems to have a good package management system, i think it is called emerge, which will take care of dependencies for you. I have also heard that since it is source based, it tends to have better performance that the binary distros.

--Ian

atomic16 · 04-26-2006, 02:54 PM

Well I will tell you I download ubuntu 3 tiems, burned at 1x (!) and it did not work, as of now I have a computer with nothing since windows is gone (it was 98) So I will try Gentoo but I am really using to many CDs I have used about 10

IBall · 04-26-2006, 10:13 PM

If you burned at such a low speed and are still getting errors, you have a hardware problem. Was there a problem with the md5sum of the downloaded ISO, or just the burned version? If there is a repeated problem with the downloaded file, try a different mirror.

I think it is a waste of time trying Gentoo or any other distro until the hardware problem is rectified. Buy a new CD burner, or at least try a different machine.

--Ian