Error during install from direct download.

Hey everyone

I am kind of new to Ubuntu, and I have been tasked at work to setup an Ubuntu Apache2, perl, and Squid server. Which I have been learning.

But I was installing Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit, downloaded right from the ubuntu webpage. I am running it through a VMware Workstation and I can install from an actual CD/DVD, that worked for me. I have also downloaded the iso 2 times thinking that maybe it was a bad download.

I still keep getting this error;

sorry cant figure out how to post picture in here lol)

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[!!] Install the base system
Cannot install Kernel
The installer cannot find a suitable kernel package to install.
################################################## #############

any help on this would be thankful.

Thanks
Paul

Hi;

Can you verify a burned CD/DVD ? md5 etc..

Ya i was reading about that, but when i opened up the md5 file, like its huge...FULL of text, how to I find if its all there?

Thanks

http://mirrors.melbourne.co.uk/ubunt.../12.04/MD5SUMS
or
http://mirrors.melbourne.co.uk/ubunt...2.04.1/MD5SUMS

e.g

Code:

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a8c667e871f48f3a662f3fbf1c3ddb17 *ubuntu-12.04.1-server-amd64.iso

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The part in italic red is the MD5sum for the specific iso. On the computer that you used to download the iso, you can verify it. If that's a Linux box, you can use md5sum. For Windows, there are utilities available like digestit.

Note: you verify the downloaded iso itself !

Code:

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Cannot install Kernel
The installer cannot find a suitable kernel package to install.
##################################################

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this could mean there's a mismatch between the OS you're trying to install and the hardware (CPU, ...) you're trying to install it on.
As in : you might be trying to install 64 bit Ubuntu on a 32 bit machine, that sort of thing.