installation trouble

[NoOp]

On 07/11/2008 05:51 PM, Ed Mizzi wrote:
> I am working with an old Dell Inspiron 5000, P-3 with 192 MB RAM and 6.4 GB
> hard drive. The point I'm at is as follows...
>  
> -start computer
> -first black screen asks me to choose Win98 or Ubuntu
> -if I choose WIN98, no problems
> -if I choose Ubuntu see below...
> -it starts loading the 8.04 ver. CD but takes literally hours to load
> -when finally loaded I click on Install Ubuntu...no windows pop up, no
> choices are given, the CD simply starts running
> -I leave it run for hours longer, thinking that it's formatting my drive and
> installing Ubuntu and then nothing...computer shuts down
> -I'm back to square one
>  
> Any ideas would help, please
>  
> Note: I am not planning to keep both Operating systems on this comp. I
> simply want to run Ubuntu. Can I simply format the drive in the WIN98 system
> and then somehow install Ubuntu?
>  
> Thanks
> Eddy
> 
> 

You'll never get the liveCD to run on that system. Download and burn the
Alternate CD instead.

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download
Near the bottom you'll see a checkbox for "Check here if you need the
alternate desktop CD. This CD does not include the Live CD, instead it
uses a text-based installer." check that and you will get the Alternate CD.

Or, use this link:
http://releases.ubuntu.com/hardy/

Alternate installer instructions are normally at the bottom of this page:
https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/
[Installing Ubuntu via the alternate CD - choose your architecture from
i386] but it appears that the link is temporarily not working. So try
this instead:

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/minimal