Installation Fail

[macboer]

So this is what I've been up to:

I made a bootable Ubuntu CD and I could boot from it and it works perfectly, but when I tried to Install Ubuntu it gave me a " clean your dvd/cd drive or your hdd is faulty" error-popup.

So, I made a Bootable USB drive, and it gives me exactly the same error on exactly the same % of the installation process. I have no problem when I run Ubuntu from the USB drive.

What can be the problem?
The machine is 7 years old and I guess the HDD might be faulty, but I haven't had any previous "HDD problems" with it running Windows XP.

Thanks in advance.

[Quackers]

Welcome to UF :-)
Have you checked the md5sum od the downloaded iso file?

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM

[macboer]

will check that out THANKS A BUNCH!

[macboer]

Where is a good place to download an .iso???

[coffeecat]

Where is a good place to download an .iso???

If you made a bootable Ubuntu CD, you already have the ISO. Do you mean that the md5sum check failed on the ISO you have? If so, this is where you go:

http://www.ubuntu.com/

Click on "Get Ubuntu".

If the ISO passed the md5sum test, there is something else you can check. Boot up the live CD and choose "try Ubuntu". Then open the Disk Utility application and click on the internal hard drive in the left pane. See if there is any mention of SMART in the right pane and do a self-test if SMART is supported in your hard drive.

[macboer]

I compared my hash (that I got through the TERMINAL to the list of hashes on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuHashes and I couldn't find my hash "b6f83ad0dda11507dc5e150dd1312273".

So, now I'm downloading a new .iso file.

Is this the right procedure?

I checked the SMART Status of the HDD and it says "DISK IS HEALTHY" :)

[coffeecat]

I compared my hash (that I got through the TERMINAL to the list of hashes on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuHashes and I couldn't find my hash "b6f83ad0dda11507dc5e150dd1312273".

Which ISO did you download originally? What is its filename?

[macboer]

File Name:

ubuntu-10.04.3-desktop-i386.iso

[coffeecat]

File Name:

ubuntu-10.04.3-desktop-i386.iso

Yup! Your ISO is definitely giving you the wrong md5 hash. :) Good luck with the download. Let us know how you get on.

[macboer]

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!

Will let you know how I solve it. It's the Ubuntu Way :P

[macboer]

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!

Will let you know how I solve it. It's the Ubuntu Way :P

[macboer]

So This is what i'm doing:

I downloaded an iso from "http://releases.ubuntu.com/lucid/"

the UbuntuHash was correct and so I made an bootable USB from within the faulty Live CD UBUNTU.

THAT DIDN"T WORK! :(

so now I'm writing a Bootable CD from within OSX...

[macboer]

*feww* seems to be working now!