[ubuntu-in] ubuntu installation problem

[shirish]

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> Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 09:15:38 +0530
> From: "Pramod A" <pramod.atre at gmail.com>
> Subject: [ubuntu-in] ubuntu installation problem
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> Hi All,
>
> Iam currenty using ubuntu 5.10 which is not supported any more. I thought of
> upgrading to the latest version and downloaded ubuntu 7.04 iso image. Later
> on i burnt this image on to a CD and started to install. This is a
> live/installation CD. I was not able to install since this live/installation
> CD will get stuck before even booting completely. This is a very slow
> process.
>
> Is there any way by which i can dierctly start installng ubuntu instead of
> booting it and then double clicking on "install"?
>
> It would be great if anyone can help me through this problem.
>
> Thanks and Regards,
> Pramod
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> Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 11:18:44 +0530
> From: Parth <parth.technofreak at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-in] ubuntu installation problem
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> Pramod A wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > Iam currenty using ubuntu 5.10 which is not supported any more. I
> > > thought of upgrading to the latest version and downloaded ubuntu
> > > 7.04 iso image. Later on i burnt this image on to a CD and started
> > > to install. This is a live/installation CD. I was not able to
> > > install since this live/installation CD will get stuck before even
> > > booting completely. This is a very slow process.
> > >
> > > Is there any way by which i can dierctly start installng ubuntu
> > > instead of booting it and then double clicking on "install"?
> > >
> > > It would be great if anyone can help me through this problem.
>
> Hi Pramod,
>
> There are two ways to upgrade into the __next__ version from an older
> version,
>
> 1. Provided a decent broadband connection is available, you can
> upgrade Ubuntu using the internet directly. All the updated packages
> are downloaded and installed.
> 2. By using the alternate CD of the __next__ versions, you can upgrade
> from an older version to the __next__ version.
>
> Further help about upgrading from various older versions to their
> corresponding newer versions are available here
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes
>
> Please note the use of "__next__ version" in the above points. You can
> only upgrade to the next immediate version not jump two or more
> versions. That is, you have to move to 6.06 from 5.10 first, then to
> 6.10 and then finally upgrade to 7.04. If you think this process is
> tedious, try doing a fresh install with 7.04. If the Live CD installer
> is not working, try the alternate CD and use text based installation.
>
> If you have any further problem, feel free to poke us  :)  HTH
>
> --
> Parthan
> Open Source Web Developer
> A Proud Linuxian and Ubuntuer !
>
> People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that
> they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the
> first secret of success.
>  ~ Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
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Hi Parthan,
           Dunno how you downloaded your stuff. What I usually do is
download through a torrent so don't have to check hashing. Then while
burning to media, do it at something like 8x or therabouts as one
cannot be sure either about the media itself or how the burner
functions. After doing that, usually do the checking media which is
one of the options. This way you have made sure that a coaster is not
there. The alternate ncurses based CD is also nifty as a backup idea.
Lastly, you haven't mentioned anything about what your system is,
there is a list of system requirements & one which I have seen which
fails during installations is due to lack of RAM. Ubiquity requires
512 MB RAM (its supposed to work even at less, there have been some
improvements made) but still it doesn't harm to have that much.
Let's know how it goes ;)
-- 
          Shirish Agarwal
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