[ubuntu-za] Problems with my Dell machine

[Bill Cairns]

Thanks Maurice,

No - I just have the ShipIt disk. I did an update on my other machine to get
to 7.10 so I never did a download. (I actually only wanted the official
ShipIt disk to do my evangelisation thing, but then decided to use it while
I had it).

And, as I understand it - am I wrong? - the update facility only works from
one version to the next. So I would have to upgrade to 7.04 firs before
going to 7.10t. I thought it would be easier to do a re-install from
scratch. But the re-install doesn't work! (Actually, now I remember, the
update was pretty slow and I had to leave my machine on overnight while it
did its thing. A fresh install is definitely easier!)

Somebody suggested that I might not have enough memory. How do I find out
how much memory I have? (I hate to admit that I know how to do that in
Windows but don't have a clue in Linux!)

Bill



On Dec 17, 2007 2:54 PM, Maurice Diekhorst <maurice_diekhorst at hotmail.com>
wrote:

>
> Hey Bill,
>
> Have you tried an alternate install disk as well on your Dell?
>
> If that doesnt work, you can just easily upgrade your 606 to 710 via
> command line.
> Unfortunately, I dont know that code you will have to edit anymore, but I
> know its a possibility.
> Perhaps someone on the Ubuntu forums, or someone in this mailinglist knows
> that answer?
>
> Anyhow, good luck ;)
>
> Friendly Greetings, Maurice.
>
> ----------------------------------------
> > From: pops at cairnsgames.co.za
> > To: ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com
> > Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:43:32 +0200
> > Subject: [ubuntu-za] Problems with my Dell machine
> >
> > I have posted this as a query on Ubuntu forums, but thought that someone
> > here might have a bright idea:
> >
> > I have an old Dell desktop - it was new in 1999 - and I have been
> > running Ubuntu 6.06 on it quite happily. But I upgraded to 7.10 on my
> > other (much newer) machine recently and decided that it was time that
> > the Dell followed suit.
> >
> > I have an Ubuntu 7.10 install disk from ShipIt. Unfortunately, it will
> > not load on the Dell. I choose the Run / Install option and it seems to
> > start OK but then just freezes. Blank screen, no disk activity.
> >
> > I thought it might be a bad disk and tried it as a live CD on my HP
> > notebook (from work, doomed to run Windows, shame). It worked fine.
> > (Although, when I told it to do an integrity check on the disk, it too
> > hung).
> >
> > Any idea? Nothing wrong with 6.06 of course, but it would be nice to
> > have the whole family at the same level.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> >
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