trying to install ubuntu

[Vincent Trouilliez]

> Hi Guys,
>  
> I'm a total linux newbie. My son was just given an old P2 box running
> win 98. I have been trying to install Ubuntu as the only OS from cd
> and the installation constantly hangs at various pionts, the best I've
> managed is 65%.
>  
> Any help would be great.
>  
> Mark

We need more detail ! Give us some...

Where does it stops exactly, what happens ? How big is your hard drive,
and how much RAM do you have ? 128MB is a bare minimum for Gnome, 256 is
great and 512 marvelous. If you don't want the desktop and just want the
command line, I think you will need at least 32MB of RAM anyway, as IIRC
that's what the installer needs.

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Vince