Installing Ubuntu

I have burned ubuntu to my cd and rebooted my laptop, i click on english then click on install, i wait and then i get a black screen then lots of typing comes up saying error this and error that and i have not chose but to shutdown and start over, but it does the same thing everytime.

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Permalink Reply by Dust on August 31, 2009 at 12:04pm: try live cd withouth install it, see if it work, then reinstall it, or make a screenshot of the error.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Andrew Webster on August 31, 2009 at 12:08pm: i dont know what you mean about live cd but i will take a screenshot now and will post it in like 15mins.; ▶ Reply to This

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Permalink Reply by Hector on August 31, 2009 at 12:40pm: That same exact thing has happened to me also. But I have had it work afterwards also. For me, It's a matter of my laptop's old DVD player. I say that because of similiar installation issues with my Halo CD. I waited a week later and was able to install Halo. You may need a new optical drive. How old is it?

Also, when you do get into the first Ubuntu screen use ther option to check the integrity of your disc. If it says your CD is fine then it's your optical drive(CD/DVD player) like mine. Might be time to get a new drive.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Andrew Webster on August 31, 2009 at 12:58pm: I got my laptop brand new a year ago, its not amazing and has got vista basic, its an emachines E510; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Hector on August 31, 2009 at 9:44pm: Ha HAAAA!! Mine is an EMachines too! An older M5213 laptop; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Trexler on August 31, 2009 at 12:42pm: I'm no linux guru but I got that screen after I installed ubuntu. It was my video card that was doing it.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Andrew Webster on August 31, 2009 at 12:59pm: how do i check my video card or how can i fix it?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Nathan on August 31, 2009 at 12:56pm: So this would appear too be a general hardware incompatibility meaning that your machine is more than likely rather old as ubuntu works really well with compatibility and works on what is most machines

too first off check that you meet the minimum requirements of ubuntu on the website im sure there is a section located there somewhere and then i would burn off another disk running at 1x burning speed to make sure this doesn't mess up as speed is not the key too a good burned bootable disk.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Andrew Webster on August 31, 2009 at 1:09pm: i have an emachines e510 and i am not sure if it meets the requirements so would you be able to check as you have more knowledge then i do.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Nathan on August 31, 2009 at 1:38pm: You should be fine looking at both your systems and ubuntu's requirements of which are really low.

so there are a couple of possible reasons for why this is happening the burned disk is faulty and you should burn another at the slowest speed possible

or you are installing the os incorrectly and should look for a demo online as you must be doing something incorrectly during the install

make vista produce a fresh partition from the largest section this will need to be as little as about 4gb i think make that partition as you can then in the ubuntu installer delete partition select space that is currently not in use (the deleted partition) and then move on to having ubuntu format and install ubuntu its self on that designated space installing ubuntu is best recommended from booting into the disk rather than installing while on the vista platform; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dan on August 31, 2009 at 4:09pm: dev sr0 is your optical drive. it is most likely a bad burn. try burning the image at a slower speed and give it another shot.; ▶ Reply to This