Installation problem

[Mark Halegua]

Just to let you know, I had the same problems and so did a friend of mine.

on the kubuntu bug tracking system someone else said the same thing, and 
thought it might be SCSI issues with Kubuntu, but my friend didn't have SCSI 
in his system.

The way I got around this, albeit a time consuming one, was to start with an 
earlier version of ubuntu, in my case 6.04, and upgrade one level at a time, 
from 6.04 to 6.10, to 7.04, to 7.10, and finally to 8.04.  This worked, but 
was one heck of a workaround.

I reported this situation to the ubuntu bug site, but have not received a 
reply from it.

Mark

On Saturday 24 May 2008 11:14:44 pm Bliss and Trish Bignall wrote:
> Greetings gurus!
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> I am trying to install Kubuntu to a computer that already has a Windows XP
> partition, and previously had a Kubuntu partition.  The Kubuntu partition
> on my hard drive failed, and I wanted to take the opportunity to upgrade as
> part of redoing the partition.
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> When I try to install "Kubuntu 8.04 Remix" from the CD, it drops to the
> command line and an application called "Busy Box".  I thought I might have
> gotten a bad download, so I tried again using straight Kubuntu 8.04.  I
> also tried using a CD with a fresh download of with Ubuntu, just in case. 
> I got the same result every time.
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> All installation attempts have failed using Kubuntu, though I was able to
> install an older version of Mandrake with no problems.
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> I was able to install the 8.04 Remix inside of Windows, but don't really
> want to run it that way.
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> I'm not so much of a Linux guy, so when faced with the "Busy Box"
> application command line, I'm not too sure what to do with it, but I know
> it shouldn't be part of the normal installation process.
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> Any ideas out there?
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> Thanks,
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> Bliss in Sunny San Angelo