UbuntuOhio A reasonable request for Ebuntu.

[Larry Laird]

Kendall,

I believe you've written before. The specs of your equipment are close 
to mine and I have had no problems installing Ubuntu. The 2 LAN ports 
you have built into your board are 10/100 and you also have a separate 
gigabyte port.  I am unaware that this would  make any difference at all 
in your install.  Have you ever had any operating  system installed on 
this computer? I need some clarification on what you mean by login 
screen and especially the "firewall" setup.  You may have answered this 
before but can you boot from the Live CD? I'm going to guess yes and 
conclude that you are attempting an install from there. Is that correct?

Larry

Kendall Brown wrote:
> Hey Guys:
>
> I've been reading a lot about Linux and all of the different forms it 
> comes in but I'm very frustrated about not being able to install it on 
> the only computer I have.  I've tried every variation of the operating 
> system I could find but none have gotten past the install process.  I 
> basically gave up for the past two months on ever getting to see what 
> this OS could really do until I read an article in the paper, saying the 
> Dell was about to offer Linux on it's computers very soon.  I don't own 
> a Dell but if a big company like that is starting to get on board with 
> Linux then maybe developers of it will start making copies with a larger 
> selection of drivers for a broader range of computers.  That brings me 
> to my request.  Is there any way I can get a copy of Ebuntu Linux that 
> has been tested and shown to work on my computer configuration?
>
> Gigabyte K8NSNXP Socket 754
> 320GB, IDE  120GB, ATA
> XFX GeForce 6600GT
> Ultra 2GB Dimm RAM
> Sempron +3400
> X-Fi Creative Sound Card
> 2 DVD ROM
> 1 CD Burner
>
> That's about everything I have inside of the box.  I have an Epson 
> CX5000 printer and a LG plug & play monitor.  I've already tried 
> installing Ebuntu after removing the sound card with no success.  The 
> install process usually hangs on the install process when it gets to the 
> firewall setup, with Fedora but Ebuntu actually let me get to the login 
> prompt before it locks up.  My motherboard has two built-in LANs and I'm 
> curious if that may be causing the problem.  Is there a way I can get a 
> copy of Ebuntu with all the available drivers I need to get this working?
>
> Kendall Brown
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