Older PC question

[Fred Roller]

mdovell at comcast.net wrote:
>
> Again this a Athelon xp 2.2 ghz I think, 512 of ram…the system is five 
> years old
>
> This is getting more than annoying because I’ve burned nearly a dozen 
> or so dvd’s of ubuntu but most didn’t work well. I took the advice of 
> going to a 32 bit one and it helped to a degree but not all the way. 
> Basically on 9.04 on one of them I got to install at  about 58% and it 
> said there was an error (see 1-3 below). Then one to 75% and said it 
> was an error as well. Oddly enough one did let me into the Live boot. 
> I could actually go online with ease although the resolution was 
> lower. I should note that my DVD’s are at least four or so years old. 
> Some were these top of the line (at the time). Is there any way to 
> maybe download it while it is on the live cd? If I download a iso and 
> boot from dvd would it recognize the iso and reboot from that?
>
> I'm starting to think that one or more of the following is true.
>
> 1) my dvd-r's are old and not that good
>
> 2) the hard drive on the pc isn't reading or working well
>
> 3) the dvd drive itself has to be cleaned. I think I have a cleaner cd 
> somewhere in the house.
>
> Has anyone else had problems installing?
>
>
There seems to be several ways you can go.

1- Like Wade, acquire an install cd by either purchase or request one from
    https://shipit.ubuntu.com/

2- Attempt to burn another .iso (diagnostic) to test the hardware.  
There are several available and this site list's several:
    http://www.livecdlist.com/

3- Take your system to a PC shop and have them diagnose the hardware 
(sometimes worth the $30-$40 US) your system seems worth trying to 
salvage but should not be giving you this much trouble.

As Avi pointed out, trying 8.04 may prove fruitful.

-- 
Fred
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"Life is like linux, simple.  If you are fighting it you are doing something wrong."