[CoLoCo] FW: Ubuntu help

Sat Jan 12 07:51:39 GMT 2008

Thanks but I am about to give up.  The Alternative Disc did not work.  The
Xubuntu program was exciting as it started loading and went all the way
through step 5 and then after a long time, an hour or more, it totally
locked up.  We have tried both the standard install and the Install in a
safe graphics mode with identical results.  At step 5 we have tried the
"erase disc..." option and the "use the longest continuous..." option, both
with the same results at the end of step 5. 

We did notice on the list of what it is loading that there is no "o.k" for
the line item "Start PCMCA System".  All other line items say o.k.  

One of the F keys told us that if we are having trouble with stalling out we
should boot: live vga = 771 noapic nolapic.  When we did we saw screens full
of info that were loading but stated that PCMCA was not available.  Then
when we went through the loading process again we reached step 5 and it
partitioned twice but still locked up the second time of partitioning. 

We have checked the disc we downloaded for errors and everything seems o.k.

We have a Pentium III processor so we think we have enough room for the
regular Ubuntu, the Alternative Disc Ubuntu, and especially the Xubuntu.

Any help you can give us will be appreciated.  We will gladly pay for some
assistance so we can get this project finished and get the computers to some
students that have no computers in Sierra Leone.  Check out HYPERLINK
"http://members.aol.com/salonesix/" \nhttp://members.aol.com/salonesix/ to
see what we are doing.

Thanks again for helping out.

Les Law

2008/1/10 simon engelbert <HYPERLINK "mailto:simonengelbert at yahoo.com"
\nsimonengelbert at yahoo.com>: 

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

----- Original Message ----
From: Mitch Mahan <HYPERLINK "mailto:mitch at kci.net" \nmitch at kci.net>
To: Les Law <HYPERLINK "mailto:hopeles2 at gmail.com" \nhopeles2 at gmail.com >
Cc: Ubuntu Colorado Local Community Team <HYPERLINK
"mailto:ubuntu-us-co at lists.ubuntu.com" \nubuntu-us-co at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 1:32:03 PM
Subject: Re: [CoLoCo] Ubuntu help 

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

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From: Les Law [mailto: HYPERLINK "mailto:hopeles2 at gmail.com"
\nhopeles2 at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 1:27 PM
To: HYPERLINK "mailto:mitch at kci.net" \nmitch 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
HYPERLINK "http://amazon.com/" \nAmazon.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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