Ubuntu CD

[Michael James]

Slow read speeds and halting problems are usually caused by either a bad 
disc or a bad optical drive. However it could easily be something to do 
with RAM or HDD also.

mike


Michael Fox wrote:
> No idea, but it appears they didnt say how much ram they have?
> 
> On 08/10/2006, at 5:26 PM, Peter baker wrote:
> 
>> anyone got an answer for this guy?  I'm not really the technical guy...
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: *Bill Thomson* < delta at bmail.com.au <mailto:delta at bmail.com.au>>
>> Date: Oct 6, 2006 5:29 PM
>> Subject: Ubuntu CD
>> To: jellyware at gmail.com <mailto:jellyware at gmail.com>
>>
>> Hi,
>> just received my Ubuntu CD, but am having problems with it.
>> It boots up ok but take over 4 mins to get a GUI up. When I hit the
>> install icon it takes another 4 mins to get to the first (language)
>> screen, then another 5 mins to get to the date screen after which it
>> hangs indefinitely (I gave up after another 5 mins) although there
>> appears to be activity from CD and HD. I reran boot up after checking
>> the CD which reports ok but the same thing happens.
>> I am using a P4 running at 2GHz with a 60Gb hard disc partitioned with
>> Windows ME on the first partition and Fedora Core 4 on the 2nd. My
>> intention was to overwrite the existing FC4 with Ubuntu. Is this
>> feasable? Can you shed any light on the install problem?
>> Kind regards
>> Bill Thomson.
>>
>>
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