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exsan526
December 23rd, 2010, 07:20 PM
I was trying to install Ubuntu 10.10 using a dvd onto an older pc i have. Specifically the pc has 512mb ram, 160 gb hdd, intel pentium 4 2.93ghz. The first time I attempted it was working just fine, then during the setup while i was entering region info the window went away and the computer shut off. I restarted it then retried the installation and got the error message "Medium does not contain live file system". I found a different type of cd and attempted to reinstall again. Now the error message says that it could not mount the cd probably because the cd is not in the drive. If anyone has an answer to this it would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

sikander3786
December 23rd, 2010, 07:24 PM
Welcome to the forums :-)

I suspect if your CD/DVD drive just died during the installation process. It happens so check it.

And you can also try installing Ubuntu from a USB drive if you own one and if your Bios of capable of booting USB devices.

http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net