Ubuntu Installation.

[j_lp]

Hi my name is John 

If you get a error that say busy box when trying to install Ubuntu it
could be that your hard drive cable are defective. I had the same error
on some computers and I changed the hard drive cable and the problem was
fixed.
I hope that this help you

from John at Nelson Linux group

On Sun, 2008-11-30 at 18:48 -0800, alex allison wrote:
> From alex allison.
> Date November 30 at 18.23hrs.
> e-mail alli563 at telus.net
> 
> Hello.
> I would appreciate some help with my cd installation.
> I am trying to install Ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS.I have a computer which I built 
> myself.Asus board,A8N5X,Bios -Phoenix,Processor-AMD Athlon 
> 64,Memory-1.5gigabytes,and a 160gigabyt HD.
> I received the CD through the post.I have made numerous attempts to 
> install.No luck.When I play the CD,I get a three choices.I picked the 
> first choice-Install.I then get a progress window.The orange indicator 
> goes from left to right and back again,followed by a graphic window 
> showing a choice of languages,Highlight English and press enter.I have 
> tried letting the timer run out.Both times I get a window showing,Busy 
> Box v1.1.3.Typing in "Help",I get a whole lot of commands.They are 
> meaningless to me,and I cannot progress from here. I have to physically 
> shutdown the computer.The install instruction show a lot of graphics 
> which are not showing up in mine.
> What am I doing wrong?
> 
> Thank you,
> Alex.
>