Help to get started

[Doug]

On 10/31/2010 06:14 AM, Harry and Sandy wrote:
> Good evening,
> Thank you Doug, Richard and Nils for your quick reply in trying to 
> solve my problem.
> Nils, I tried using the command line as you suggested, but with no luck.
> So I have downloaded a new copy of the .iso using torrent and burned 
> that to a DVD with a 2X burn as Doug suggested. I have ended up with 
> the same result.
> But there are a couple of things that may provide a clue to what is 
> happening. When I installed the first time as well as this time I got 
> a message during the instillation as follows:-
> UBI-Console-setup crashed
> UBI-Console-setup failed with exit code 141. Further information may 
> be found in /var/log syslog. Do you want to try running this step 
> again before continuing? If you do not, your installation may fail 
> entirely or may be broken.
> I am then given the options to Retry, Ignore or Retry.
> I both cases I have hit Retry and then the installation moved on to 
> the next step - Keyboard Layout like the problem is fixed.
> The other thing is in the Disk Setup page during the installation 
> today showed:-
> Before
> /dev/sdbi     /devsdb5
> under the top bar
> After
> Kubuntu
> under the bottom bar
> This suggests to me that Kubuntu did not load during my attempts the 
> other day and after the installation today I went into the 
> installation process again after installing today and there is no sign 
> of Kubuntu in the top bar as though it has still not loaded. The top 
> bar on the Disk Setup page now reads;- Before
> /dev/sdbi     /devsdb5   /dev/sdb6
> I hope this gives a clearer picture of what may be going wrong.
> Also Richard, I would like to persist with Kubuntu 10.10 as we are 
> going to upgrade our computer soon, but we would like this os on it if 
> we can master it. But thanks for your suggestion of the alternative.
> Thanks again to you all,
> Harry.
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Doug <mailto:dmcgarrett at optonline.net>
>     *To:* kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>     <mailto:kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>     *Sent:* Saturday, October 30, 2010 3:23 PM
>     *Subject:* Re: Help to get started
>
>     On 10/29/2010 11:34 PM, Harry and Sandy wrote:
>>
>>     Hello,
>>
>>     I have installed Kubuntu 10.10 from a live DVD to my Desktop on
>>     an old 40GB drive which had Windows98 on it. After installation
>>     and reboot it got to the user and log in page, entered my user
>>     name and password and then started to proceed to the next page
>>     (with has a picture of a hard drive) but then it returned to the
>>     log in page. Every time I tried since after rebooting the same
>>     thing happens. As this is an old drive I had not used for some
>>     time I thought the drive might be buggered so I loaded Kubuntu
>>     10.10 on my drive I use all the time beside XP Pro. When I
>>     rebooted I got the same result.
>>
>>     When I log in to XP Pro it does not recognise my old 40GB drive
>>     or the partition on the 160GB drive. Is this normal?
>>
>>     My only experience with computers is to sit down and use them, so
>>     I am extremely new to this.
>>
>>     I would appreciate any help to get started so I can get away from
>>     MS Windows.
>>
>>     Thank you,
>>
>>     Harry.
>>
>     I think you will get many replies, and welcome to Linux.  Mostly,
>     folks don't have all that much
>     trouble getting the system up and running, and since you wound up
>     with the same problem
>     on two installations on different drives, I would suspect your
>     source CD is defective.  But
>     to put to bed the possibility that something in the computer is a
>     problem, (I assume from your
>     description you're using the same computer with either HD), can
>     you run the LIVE version of
>     Kubuntu from the CD?  If you can, then the computer should be OK
>     to run Linux, and it takes it
>     back to a defective install CD.  Back to that in a moment.
>     /snip/
>
>
You haven't answered my question, altho you may have answered it for 
yourself:  can you run the
OS from the live version on the CD?  (I don't have a "fixit" suggestion 
at this point, but the answer
to that question may lead someone to the solution.)  --doug

-- 
Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A. M. Greeley

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