ragtag
December 13th, 2008, 10:48 PM
I'm trying to install Ubuntu 8.10 to a thumb drive on my HP TC4400 and am having problems with it. I've been running Ubuntu on my workstation for a few years, but have some srange issues on my laptop.
The reason I'm not installing it to the disk is that I would rather not mess with the Windows XP install on it. TabletPCs with WinXP don't come with the install cd. Why on earth someone at Microsoft thought that was a good idea I have no idea!
Anyways. I install from the boot screen (not using the desktop icon, as the installer there doesn't find the thumb drive). The first attempt at installing the install was running for a while and then just stopped with the desktop image and nothing else. The second time, it stopped at 82% and Configuring apt-get. The second time I also partioned the USB drive manually just in case.
I know people run Ubuntu on the TC4400, so I'm not sure what the problem is. Any ideas?
The reason I'm not installing it to the disk is that I would rather not mess with the Windows XP install on it. TabletPCs with WinXP don't come with the install cd. Why on earth someone at Microsoft thought that was a good idea I have no idea!
Anyways. I install from the boot screen (not using the desktop icon, as the installer there doesn't find the thumb drive). The first attempt at installing the install was running for a while and then just stopped with the desktop image and nothing else. The second time, it stopped at 82% and Configuring apt-get. The second time I also partioned the USB drive manually just in case.
I know people run Ubuntu on the TC4400, so I'm not sure what the problem is. Any ideas?