Ubuntu 6.06 install takes infinite amount of time

[Anurag]

On 7/2/06, िऩऩाद <freeninad at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I downloaded the ubuntu ISO "ubuntu-6.06-desktop-i386.iso" . I wrote it to
> a cd and booted it.
> The live cd worked great and I was impressed by the new look and changes.
> I decided to install.
> I clicked on the install icon.
> This started the install but the pc hanged(mouse and keyboard not
> responding) during the timezone selection.
>  I tried again and succeeded in going past the userid and password screen
> but now the pc hangs at the manual partitionscreen with no display of the
> partitions. Reaching to this took almost 45 minutes.And all this time
> there were no error messages and there was continuous harddisk and cd
> activity going on on the computer
>
> Is this the right image which i downloaded
> Is there any alternative way to install ubuntu
>


Even though Ubuntu now has graphical installer, i dont prefer to use it at
all. You might want to download the ``Ubuntu Alternate Install CD'' which
has the old debian-installer type of installation method. It works great for
me.

Anurag

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Anurag <http://web.gnuer.org>
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