installing UBUNTU 7.10

[James Takac]

On Friday 30 November 2007 16:19:17 Angel wrote:
> Because,my internet is too slow.And whn i going 2 install ubuntu 7.10 ,
> after 82% completed the installation freeze.bt if i unplug my LAN
> cable,that time.it installed successfully.
>
>
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> Subject: Re: installing UBUNTU 7.10
> Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:59:37 -0700
>
> im just wondering, How does having the internet connection plugged into
> your computer interrupt the installation of ubuntu?
>
> --cj
>
> On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 12:38 +0600, Angel wrote:
> > I think it is batter idea,to unplug or disable your internet connection
> > before starting to install UBUNTU 7.10.Then there has no possibility to
> > freeze UBUNTU install.it can say a error after 82% completed.You ll just
> > click OK.Then it ll complete the install successfully.


Hi Cj

When I did my installs there was also what seemed like a freeze at the 82% 
mark. I did some research at the time to find that was actually normal as it 
was downloading something (i forget what) at that time. It's likely not 
essential to ubuntu's daily operations so unplugging the net likely resulted 
in the install not completing that part? I'm no expert here of course. K, 
just looked it up again and found it. Exerpt from the site here

"I think my gripe with Gutsy was that it seemed to freeze at 82% during 
installation at a stage called something like "Scanning Mirror". This 
operation took so long I thought the installation failed the first time, so I 
rebooted the computer. The second time around it took a very long time again 
(something like 20 minutes), but I left it alone and eventually the 
installation continued. If this is a common issue, I think there should be 
some warning that a certain stage of the installation can take a very long 
time. In the past, I've been able to set up Dapper, Edgy or Feisty in about 
20-25 minutes, so it was a big surprise to me that Gutsy took so much 
longer."

James