Starblaster1234
January 22nd, 2010, 01:17 AM
Hey everyone,
Just joined the forums as I was downloading Ubuntu Desktop 9.10 (32-bit) from http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download
Upon burning the .iso to the CD using ImgBurn (http://www.imgburn.com/), the verification of the CD (after burning) could not verify "initrd.lz". I checked that the file was there (it was about 5KB) and continued anyway (probably not a good idea but I figured I could always "Check disk for defects")
After putting the disk in, everything started up great, I selected English and when I clicked on "Check disk for defects" the entire process froze and a multicolored bar of random pixels showed up. I rebooted and tried the "Install Ubuntu" and even the F6 Other Options (checking all the options, then clicking "Install Ubuntu"). I even tried "Test Memory".
Otherwise the menu screen works fine. All F1 through F6 work, the entire help documentation works, but no installer.
I'm sort of stuck now and could use some input since this is uncharted territory for me. The computer does have a version of Windows XP in who-knows-what condition (it won't start up). I don't care about any of the information on the drive and would be fine with wiping it out because that's what I originally planned to do.
Thank you for your help! If you would like screen shots (taken as pictures on my phone since I have no way to get on the internet from the local computer).
Just joined the forums as I was downloading Ubuntu Desktop 9.10 (32-bit) from http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download
Upon burning the .iso to the CD using ImgBurn (http://www.imgburn.com/), the verification of the CD (after burning) could not verify "initrd.lz". I checked that the file was there (it was about 5KB) and continued anyway (probably not a good idea but I figured I could always "Check disk for defects")
After putting the disk in, everything started up great, I selected English and when I clicked on "Check disk for defects" the entire process froze and a multicolored bar of random pixels showed up. I rebooted and tried the "Install Ubuntu" and even the F6 Other Options (checking all the options, then clicking "Install Ubuntu"). I even tried "Test Memory".
Otherwise the menu screen works fine. All F1 through F6 work, the entire help documentation works, but no installer.
I'm sort of stuck now and could use some input since this is uncharted territory for me. The computer does have a version of Windows XP in who-knows-what condition (it won't start up). I don't care about any of the information on the drive and would be fine with wiping it out because that's what I originally planned to do.
Thank you for your help! If you would like screen shots (taken as pictures on my phone since I have no way to get on the internet from the local computer).