zephyrcat
December 1st, 2008, 02:26 AM
I just got an old PIII laptop from a friend. I am trying to install Ubuntu on it. I know that it ran a previous version of Xubuntu, but Ubuntu has never installed (don't remember why). I am trying to use the alternate install, since the laptop does not deal well with live cds. This is the error message:
Unable to install the selected kernel
An error was returned while trying to install the kernel into the target system.
Kernel package: 'linux-generic'.
Check /var/log/syslog or see virtual console 4 for the details.
I pressed alt+F4 to get the details. I see a bunch of buffer i/o errors on sr0 and something saying unable to fetch some archives. If the details are important, I will try to figure out how to post them.
Normally I would just settle for Xubuntu, but I will be giving this laptop away and think Ubuntu will be easier for the recipient to learn.
Thanks!
Unable to install the selected kernel
An error was returned while trying to install the kernel into the target system.
Kernel package: 'linux-generic'.
Check /var/log/syslog or see virtual console 4 for the details.
I pressed alt+F4 to get the details. I see a bunch of buffer i/o errors on sr0 and something saying unable to fetch some archives. If the details are important, I will try to figure out how to post them.
Normally I would just settle for Xubuntu, but I will be giving this laptop away and think Ubuntu will be easier for the recipient to learn.
Thanks!