PsYcHoTiC_MaDmAn
December 20th, 2008, 04:07 AM
after getting it running albeit unstably (prone to spontaneously rebooting, freezing up etc) I reformatted the disk (EXT3) and installed Xubuntu 8.10 off a fresh DVD, which I both verified, and checked once I put it in.
following the on screen instructions I then attempted to install it. only to be met with messages allong the lines of
-bash: /usr/bin/groups: input/output error
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$
and
/init: line 231: cant open /root/dev/console: no such file
{ 273.488689} Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempting to kill init!
at which point the computer is frozen and nothing short of turinng off the power will fix it.
as my other threads no doubt indicate I'm not at all experienced with linux, and am finding it rather hard to get installed on this PC, (however on the other PC I had no trouble getting it installed and running, and it worked flawlessly)
bizarly, when I borrowed the hard disk from the computer that works (Windows XP) the computer then started up with no problems, albeit a bit slow
the computer should be up to handling xubuntu
CPU : AMD Athlon 1200+ ([edit]no such thing as a 12000+...)
RAM : 256MB PC2100 ddr
HDD : 20GB Seagate Barracuda.
following the on screen instructions I then attempted to install it. only to be met with messages allong the lines of
-bash: /usr/bin/groups: input/output error
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$
and
/init: line 231: cant open /root/dev/console: no such file
{ 273.488689} Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempting to kill init!
at which point the computer is frozen and nothing short of turinng off the power will fix it.
as my other threads no doubt indicate I'm not at all experienced with linux, and am finding it rather hard to get installed on this PC, (however on the other PC I had no trouble getting it installed and running, and it worked flawlessly)
bizarly, when I borrowed the hard disk from the computer that works (Windows XP) the computer then started up with no problems, albeit a bit slow
the computer should be up to handling xubuntu
CPU : AMD Athlon 1200+ ([edit]no such thing as a 12000+...)
RAM : 256MB PC2100 ddr
HDD : 20GB Seagate Barracuda.