Wombol
April 18th, 2011, 11:21 AM
Got given an old computer to mess around with, and thought I'd install linux on it to have a proper go with it. Used Ubuntu 10.10 desktop, downloaded from the website, and mounted on a cd.
The computer had windows xp on it, but I wanted to wipe everything and just have it boot into linux, so chose this option when prompted (basically create a partition containing the whole drive).
However when I was installing, my mouse didn't work, so I using just the keyboard. As it got to the end of the 'copying files' section some sort of command line came up on the install, and I didn't know what to do (I don't think it was supposed to come up?). Nothing I pressed did anything, so after an hour of looking around the internet to find a solution, I gave up and turned the computer off.
Now when it boots up I get the message:
"Installation failed
The installer encountered an unrecoverable error. A desktop session will now be run so that you may investigate the problem or try installing again".
How do I go about reinstalling the OS? I'm quite happy just to get rid of everything again and reinstall from scratch, but I cannot find out how..
Thank you.
The computer had windows xp on it, but I wanted to wipe everything and just have it boot into linux, so chose this option when prompted (basically create a partition containing the whole drive).
However when I was installing, my mouse didn't work, so I using just the keyboard. As it got to the end of the 'copying files' section some sort of command line came up on the install, and I didn't know what to do (I don't think it was supposed to come up?). Nothing I pressed did anything, so after an hour of looking around the internet to find a solution, I gave up and turned the computer off.
Now when it boots up I get the message:
"Installation failed
The installer encountered an unrecoverable error. A desktop session will now be run so that you may investigate the problem or try installing again".
How do I go about reinstalling the OS? I'm quite happy just to get rid of everything again and reinstall from scratch, but I cannot find out how..
Thank you.