instal help from cd 7.10

**madshad** · September 2nd, 2008

im not sure what is going wrong, ubuntu 7 loads from disk but is real sluggish. i click the install icon, a few minutes later a white box pops up titled 'install', and does nothing after that. i have it on safe graphics mode but the pointer sometimes disappears or moves very sluggish.

i think that maybe the cd drive is bad and dirty, i was wondering if i could just get ubuntu to directly install from disk. unless the problem is the computer not being able to handle it

trying to install on a emachine w2646

CPU Type: 2.60GHz Intel Celeron
Hard Drive Bus: Ultra ATA/100
Standard Memory: 256 MB (removable)
Maximum Memory: 2.0 GB
Celeron 2.6GHz Processor / 256MB RAM / 40GB Hard Drive

also operating system crash and recovery disks are damaged, so there is no OS on this machine at all

thanks for you help

**Partyboi2** · September 2nd, 2008

Have you tried to install with the gusty alternate cd?

Edit: If you can boot from usb, you could try installing from usb stick. See here

**oilchangeguy** · September 2nd, 2008

Originally Posted by madshad

im not sure what is going wrong, ubuntu 7 loads from disk but is real sluggish. i click the install icon, a few minutes later a white box pops up titled 'install', and does nothing after that. i have it on safe graphics mode but the pointer sometimes disappears or moves very sluggish.

i think that maybe the cd drive is bad and dirty, i was wondering if i could just get ubuntu to directly install from disk. unless the problem is the computer not being able to handle it

trying to install on a emachine w2646

CPU Type: 2.60GHz Intel Celeron
Hard Drive Bus: Ultra ATA/100
Standard Memory: 256 MB (removable)
Maximum Memory: 2.0 GB
Celeron 2.6GHz Processor / 256MB RAM / 40GB Hard Drive

also operating system crash and recovery disks are damaged, so there is no OS on this machine at all

thanks for you help

no matter what operating system you install, there's no excuse for only having 256mb of ram in a computer that supports 2gb. ram is cheap. you should have no less than 1gb.

**snowpine** · September 2nd, 2008

More ram is the best suggestion. With only 256mb, you'll need to use the Alternate CD (live CD won't work) and performance will be sluggish. Xubuntu would be a better fit if for some reason upgrading your ram is not an option.