mnemonik
July 1st, 2008, 02:23 AM
First of all, I hope this is the right forum! And I thank you all in advance for any help that you can give me!
So I downloaded the ubuntu-8.04-desktop-i386.iso and the MD5sum hash check matched what it was supposed to. I used InfraRecorder to burn the iso to a disc, then I checked the integrity of the disc after boot up and there were no issues. I can run Ubuntu from the cd, however when I try to install I get stuck. I get through choosing a username and my keyboard and time perfectly and the problem comes about when I actually get to installing.
I use the guided partitioning and when the "installing system" window gets to the "partitions formatting" it freezes everytime at 5%. The task that it says underneath the status bar is "creating ext3 file system for / in partition #1 of IDE3 master..." I have tried this four or five times and it always freezes right there, I can't move the mouse or anything.
The computer is my Mom's Dell Dimension XPS T600r, and it was running xp sp2, however when I attempt to boot without the ubuntu installer cd it now says there is no OS.
What am I doing wrong??? Please help, and thank you to everyone who does!
So I downloaded the ubuntu-8.04-desktop-i386.iso and the MD5sum hash check matched what it was supposed to. I used InfraRecorder to burn the iso to a disc, then I checked the integrity of the disc after boot up and there were no issues. I can run Ubuntu from the cd, however when I try to install I get stuck. I get through choosing a username and my keyboard and time perfectly and the problem comes about when I actually get to installing.
I use the guided partitioning and when the "installing system" window gets to the "partitions formatting" it freezes everytime at 5%. The task that it says underneath the status bar is "creating ext3 file system for / in partition #1 of IDE3 master..." I have tried this four or five times and it always freezes right there, I can't move the mouse or anything.
The computer is my Mom's Dell Dimension XPS T600r, and it was running xp sp2, however when I attempt to boot without the ubuntu installer cd it now says there is no OS.
What am I doing wrong??? Please help, and thank you to everyone who does!