warty install on x86 machine [freezes]

[Aroon Pahwa]

On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 17:28:41 -0500, Aroon Pahwa <viperstyx at gmail.com> wrote:
> hey everyone!
> 
> after a brief stint of not running ubuntu on any of my systems, im
> back!  im trying to install 4.10 on a computer i pieced together from
> spare parts.  its a p3 850 on an old gateway mobo (intel 440bx
> chipset).
> 
> i can run the warty live cd just fine but when i try to install hoary
> i get an error during install.  the complaint is that 'debootstrap'
> failed with return value of 1.
> 
> i tried installing warty 4.10 and install just freezes at 37%
> (installing core packages).  it sounds like i may be having burn
> issues it just seems odd that the live cd happened to work while both
> install cds happened to have some kind of crc/burn/some other data
> integrity error.  anyone have any clues?
> 
> im going to try downloading the 4.10 install cd and doing an md5 check
> on it.  somehow i feel like there used to be a way to do an internet
> install of ubuntu?  ie. there was a basic install cd that would grab
> all the core packages from the net during installation to ensure you
> got the latest software.  am i just crazy?
> 
> thanks everyone and its good to be back =]
> 
> aroon
> 
> ps. i have more gmail invites than i know what to do with.  let me
> know if you want one!
> 

well, i just ran an md5 check on the install image i downloaded and
everything checks out.  so any reasons people know of for why install
may be failing would be helpful.  any installation parameters i could
use to help?

aroon