[CoLoCo] Ubuntu help

Thu Jan 10 20:48:54 GMT 2008

I had a similar problem with one of my fairly old machines. I had no luck with the Live CD and not much more success with the Alternate CD. If I remember correctly the issue was that my machine either did not have enough RAM or barely met the requirements to install Ubuntu. I ended up downloading the Xubuntu distro (which requires less RAM, 64 MB if I remember correctly) and that loaded up just fine on the machine. 

So like Mitch says I would try the Alternate Installation CD first and if that doesn't work you could try the Xubuntu distro

-Simon

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From: Mitch Mahan <mitch at kci.net>
To: Les Law <hopeles2 at gmail.com>
Cc: Ubuntu Colorado Local Community Team <ubuntu-us-co at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 1:32:03 PM
Subject: Re: [CoLoCo] Ubuntu help

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Your best bet is to download/retireve the ‘Alternate
Installation CD’.

This Installation method is all text-based
and much more compatible / efficient than the GUI counterpart.

I believe this will solve your problems
but I am forwarding this on to the entire Colorado Team in case anyone has some
different ideas.

- Mitch

From: Les Law
[mailto:hopeles2 at gmail.com] 

Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008
1:27 PM

To: mitch at kci.net

Subject: Ubuntu help

Greetings and Hello.

I need help loading Ubuntu.  We were given 30 computers to ship to
and use in Sierra Leone West Africa.  As part of the donation we were
required to delete the operating system due to a licensing agreement.  The
computers are Dell and were originally loaded with Windows 95 and later
upgraded to Windows 98.  The computers are "clean". 

I have 3 discs, one that I have downloaded, one that I purchased on Amazon.com, and one from a "Ubuntu for
Dummies" book.  The downloaded disc and the Dummies disc seem to
partially work while the purchased disc does nothing.  Everything seems to
work well, except for waiting a long time, up to where I see the
"examples" and "install" icons.  I can get a drop down
menu off the "install" icon and can click on "Open". 
Then nothing happens except a lot of whirring, clicking, and blinking. 

I need to get these computers loaded, packed, and shipped to
 Sierra Leone by
mid February.  We have a Work Team going in July, part of whom will be
setting up a computer lab at a school in Makeni, in a remote area of
 Northern Sierra Leone . 

Ideas, comments, questions, please.  Phone number at home is 303
642 3693 and cell is 303 921 1495, or course e-mail response.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give.

Les Law

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