i want to love and use ubuntu but...

[pablolie]

... the 64 bit desktop version 8.04 CD never comes close to installing on a last generation off the shelf PC. and the previous 7-something version installs at first (after a couple of awkward retries involving "failed xtramfs errors" or whatever) and then goes to *HELL* after the semi-mandatory installs are uploaded. it is way beyond frustrating, because all i want to achieve is extremely simple: run squeezecenter 7.0 and use the ubuntu machine as a server for it.

please. i am an expert windos and apple user. why on earth can i no longer make this work with ubuntu? it is last generation hardware (shuttle glamor x30) with an intel core duo, and it goes to hell after the upgrade, and 8.04 will not work. argh. agh.

what i want to do is soooooo simple. please let ubuntu just run, not even driver optimized. but i can't. as soon as the upgrades kick in that i need to run squeezecenter, it all goes to hell. painful. so sad.

i want and need to love this

[ladr0n]

Will need a little more information, if you can provide it.

What hardware are you using (as comprehensively as possible)?
At what point in the install process does it fail?
What error messages do you get (if any)?

[kio_http]

Try a newer release like Karmic

[orangeworx]

Why not go 9.10?

[pablolie]

i wish i could close the topic and mark it as "solved"...

i *love* unbuntu these days. :-D

[audiomick]

What is stopping you from going to 9.10?
The 64 bit 8.04 still had a few holes in it.
If your squeezebox thing needs something from 8.04, maybe, if you mention the packets here, someone can tell you how to add them to 9.10.
Maybe you can get a 32 bit 8.04 running.