Best Way to Install Ubuntu 10.04?

[Teasdale]

Thanks, I'll try what I can and let you know what happens.

[Teasdale]

I tried another installation, I downloaded 9.04, did the md5sum, made a CD, and installed it. It got to 5 percent (same as the other times with 10.04) but, after about 15 minutes, it just started installing. When it finished, I restarted, took the CD out as it said, and it got to a black screen that says

[Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For
the first word, TAB lists possible command
completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible
completions of a device/filename.]

grub>

I'm off to google and see what that means. I'm guessing this installation was not successful.

[Teasdale]

I found this, typed in:

root (hd0)

then after the grub> prompt, I typed kernel /boot/vmlinuz and the tab key.

I got Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition.

Per this page, I typed in setup (hd0) and got this:

Checking if "boot/grub/stage1" exists . . . yes
Checking if "boot/grub/stage2" exists . . . no

Error 18: selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS

grub>

Typing this:

grub> find /boot/grub/stage1

yields this: (hd0,0)


Typing this:

grub> setup (hd0,0)

yields this:

Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists . . . no
Checking if "/grub/stage1" exists . . . no

Error 15: File not found

[Teasdale]

I repartitioned, tried installing 9.04 (it installed but won't load), and then 10,04. 10.04 installed to 65 percent and is now giving me this error:

[Errno 30] Read-only file system: '/target/usr/src/linux-
headers-2.6.32-28/arch/mips/Makefile"

This is often due to a faulty hard disk. It may help to check
whether the hard disk is old and in need of replacement, or to
move the system to a cooler environment.

I'll take this off-forum now and email system76.

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Edit: a new hard drive fixed my problem.