New User - Need Ubuntu Server Edition.

[Owen Townend]

On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 9:36 PM, Peter Shanahan <Peter.wizard at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello I am a NEW linux user and I have been trying to get a valid copy of
> Ubuntu
> Server Edition to do a bit of home networking ( and learn something from
> making
> my own mistakes ) however I have tried 4 times to download both versions
> of
> Ubuntu Server on the Web page and burn to disk without ANY luck
> whatsoever.
> The install has failed to run until completion each time stating a failure
> to
> load  X or Y package. I have burnt these at the slowest speed possible to
> eliminate potential errors and according to the download software they
> have
> arrived intact. If anyone knows what I am doing wrong or if I can buy a
> working
> copy I would be most pleased to hear from you. I am trying to set them up
> on an
> old COMPAQ ML370 P III 500 with 1280MB RAM and 3 SCSI Disk with RAID 5.
> Thanks
>
>
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Hey,
  I've downloaded and installed 7.10 server on an ML350 (single proc,
hardware scsi raid) without any special efforts. Can you run the verify disk
and memtest checks ok from the cd boot menu?

cheers,
Owen.
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