Trying to Install Ubuntu - Hardware & Software

Okay, I've been trying to install Ubuntu, I've used a Ubuntu CD(displays different error, see below posts) I had laying around and also tried 'Wubi'. When I select Ubuntu from the Bios menu this pops up for half a second. (Sorry I couldn't get a clear picture, or read it since it was up on the screen so short) [URL="http://img202.imageshack.us/my.php?image=25994385.jpg"][IMG]http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/8642/25994385.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL][URL="http://img822.imageshack.us/my.php?image=78662052.jpg"][IMG]http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/6258/78662052.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL][URL="http://img838.imageshack.us/my.php?image=50051054.jpg"][IMG]http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/2471/50051054.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] then this. [IMG]http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/5378/98500429.jpg[/IMG] and then this. [IMG]http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/6532/38032674.jpg[/IMG] and it just sits on this screen not doing anything, I've left it for 30 mins and it's still in the same exact spot.

Your ISO/cd might be corrupted. How did you get it? Do you have the md5 hash?

Well I'm getting this both from my ubuntu 9.04 Desktop CD (that I got from a friend), and the latest Ubuntu desktop version that Wubi downloaded.

Wubi

Wubi is obviously horrible but the normal install shouldn't fail that bad...

Yeah I'm just lazy. [editline]07:53PM[/editline] Oh wait, my bad. It's a different problem when I try using the disc, I get this, but not JUST when trying to install ubuntu, it's also when I try to check for defects or just run off the disc itself. [IMG]http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/2981/94049747.jpg[/IMG]

Looks like the disk is corrupted. Re-burn the image to the disk at the lowest possible burn speed.

[url]http://ubuntu.virginmedia.com/releases/[/url] Get a newer release, there's a separate file under each directory with the hashes.

I don't have any other discs I can burn so I used a usb drive. Same thing as the original error in OP when trying to install or run off usb. Used Universal USB Installer and ubuntu 10.04 desktop 64bit.

Download the ISO image manually, then use UNetBootin to set it up on the flash drive, then try installing.

[QUOTE=1solidsnake2;24847262]Download the ISO image manually, then use UNetBootin to set it up on the flash drive, then try installing.[/QUOTE] Or let UNetBootin download it. Both ways work, I presume.

Got to unetbootin screen, select default, same page as always. :/

What would cause this to happen? Seems more like it's my computer that must be causing it? (Toshiba Satellite - L505D-LS5010)

[QUOTE=RoBaDoB;24837751][url]http://ubuntu.virginmedia.com/releases/[/url] Get a newer release, there's a separate file under each directory with the hashes.[/QUOTE] Sorry for the derail but wtf. Virgin Media hosting Ubuntu? Is that just some user webpage/filedump or are they actually hosting it? Am I missing something and being really retarded? If so boxes plz.

[QUOTE=Cluckyx;24884513]Sorry for the derail but wtf. Virgin Media hosting Ubuntu? Is that just some user webpage/filedump or are they actually hosting it? Am I missing something and being really retarded? If so boxes plz.[/QUOTE] There are tonnes of universities and ISPs hosting Ubuntu, Virgin Media is just one of them.

[QUOTE=Lego399;24884907]There are tonnes of universities and ISPs hosting Ubuntu, Virgin Media is just one of them.[/QUOTE] Yeah, once i was told if you dl from virgins servers they don't add it towards the limit you hit before shaping. This was a lie though.

... anyone... anyone at all...

Are you certain the hard-drive is working and not write-protected? Perhaps it's failing to read/write.

Nope Diskpart on Volume c "read-only: no"

Bump

I had the same problem, so I installed it on a VM.

I've got Ubuntu installed on a VM and it's awfully slow. The screen is frankly small too, it pisses me off.

[QUOTE=VeryNiceGuy;25431486]I've got Ubuntu installed on a VM and it's awfully slow. The screen is frankly small too, it pisses me off.[/QUOTE] Try increasing RAM for that VM. It should speed up a bit, but you'll never get real speeds in VMs though.

[QUOTE=sim642;25436192]Try increasing RAM for that VM. It should speed up a bit, but you'll never get real speeds in VMs though.[/QUOTE] You actually can if your CPU has hardware virtualization support and you use something like KVM.