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 Andrew Webster on September 1, 2009 at 3:02am: do you know if i should pick 32bit or 64bit, and should i also choose 9.04 or 8.04?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dan on September 3, 2009 at 4:42pm: That all depends on if you have a processor capable of handling 64 bit or not. If you are unsure just use 32 bit. I would install 9.04 if I were you, it is more up to date.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dean on August 31, 2009 at 4:39pm: When i had this problem, I had to switch from enhanced mode to compatibility mode in the bios. These are the options, I think, for the differance between installing Vista and XP with some controllers needing older support for XP. I guess the name for what it is might vary from one bios to the next.

If this turns out to be the problem, and its a dual boot setup that you're doing, you may have to switch back into enhanced mode before booting Windows. To aviod this, I reinstalled Windows in compatibility mode as well since I didn't have anything installed on it anyway, which sorted everything nicely.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mab879 on August 31, 2009 at 6:02pm: Try in installing on a Different hard drive.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by mase hacker on August 31, 2009 at 8:16pm: its dvd try using alcohol and a q-tip then let it dry for like 10 minutes ( on the lens of course ) or try downloading the alt install cd/dvd or try downloading the "ubuntu ultimate edition"; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jon :D on September 3, 2009 at 6:38pm: Emachines...I remember I had a P4 on an Emachines motherboard, couldn't get Ubuntu 7 to run at all. Emachines = Ubuntu's worst enemy. Lol.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Brayden Hull on September 24, 2009 at 11:28pm: Have you used the disk checker on ubuntu's boot disk? I might actually suggest wait until 9.10 comes out, as that is coming out soon. It might be as some people said, the CD/DVD drive, as emachines sounds pretty cheap. Also when you burnt the disk did you burn at your lowest speed possible? like 1x, 2x or 4x?; ▶ Reply to This