Access Denied

[P4r4b014]

When I try to install Ubuntu it gets about 1/4 the way loaded and then stops after twenty minutes or so I finally get a bunch of text all ending in ...access denied or something similar

i'm sorry for not being more specific but help is appreciated.

[P4r4b014]

if it helps any it's p4 machine with 2gb ram and a really old graphics card, i'm upgrading from 7.10 which I had no problems installing way back when.

[uberg]

Can you provide a little more information. Is this is a fresh install on the whole hard drive? If not what does your partition table look like? Info of this nature could help to isolate the problem.

[P4r4b014]

yes, i'll reboot and jot down a what i see

[P4r4b014]

I've tried installing with regular settings and in safe graphic settings

both ways it hangs up and i get this (after about ten minutes of a stuck loading bar):

segmentation fault
/etc.........: permission denied
(a bunch of different files i assume)
and at the end
init: unable to execute '/bin/sh' rc-default
init: rc-default main process (7181) terminated with status 255

[P4r4b014]

this is really ******* me off.

[uberg]

I am really sorry. I know EXACTLY the frustration you are feeling. i don't know what to advice you at this point. Only make a few suggestions. Did you test the CD for errors? Check md5sum and all that?

[P4r4b014]

I've tested the CD for errors and it found none. What is md5 sum?

[P4r4b014]

for some reason 8.04 kind of works

[uberg]

MD5 checksums are a way to check that the files you downloaded arrived correctly (no corruption). If you had the CD check itself for errors this is what it does. Checks all the MD5 checksums on all contained packages to make sure they aren't corrupted.

If you have 8.04 running have you tried to do a system upgrade right from 8.04 rather than using the CD to install?