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Installing Ubuntu
do you know if i should pick 32bit or 64bit, and should i also choose 9.04 or 8.04?
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Installing Ubuntu
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.
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Installing Ubuntu
I got my laptop brand new a year ago, its not amazing and has got vista basic, its an emachines E510
Replied Aug 31
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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...
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.
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.
do you know if i should pick 32bit or 64bit, and should i also choose 9.04 or 8.04?
Ha HAAAA!! Mine is an EMachines too! An older M5213 laptop
its dvd try using alcohol and a q-tip then let it dry for like 10 minutes or try downloading the alt install cd/dvd or try downloading the "ubuntu ultimate edition"
Try in installing on a Different hard drive.
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 ...
dev sr0 is your optical drive. it is most likely a bad burn. try burning the image at a slower speed and try gain
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 poss...
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.
how do i check my video card or how can i fix it?
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