install of 6.10 on a desktop

[J. David Boyd]

norman <norman at littletank.org> writes:

> On Mon, 2006-12-18 at 18:41 +0000, Gabriel Dragffy wrote:
>> I'm not sure what could be the prob or how to diagnose. I do know
>> however that you can do a non-graphical install BUT it will require that
>> you download the Alternate Edgy 6.10 cd image.
>> 
>> On Mon, 2006-12-18 at 12:38 -0500, J. David Boyd wrote:
>> > I'm trying to install 6.10 on a computer.
>> > 
>> > Everything runs find off of the live CD.  The scanner scans, the web camera
>> > works, the internet works, everything is fine.
>> > 
>> > However, when I go to install to the hard drive, after entering user info,
>> > partitioning, etc, the screen says installing software.
>> > 
>> > When it gets to 59%, it stops.  And I do mean stops.  No drive access light,
>> > no cd spinning, nothing.
>> > 
>> > I've tried it several times.
>> > 
>> > My question is, is there someway to find out what is going on? There is no
>> > info displayed on the screen, other than the status bar.
>> > 
>> > How do I dig in and find out what is going wrong?
>> > 
>> > Or, is there some way to do a non-graphic install of the CD?  Would that give
>> > me more information, possibly?
>> > 
>> > Any ideas are welcome!
>> >
> When I upgraded I did it direct from the internet. Just follow the
> instructions provided on the Ubuntu upgrade screen.
>
> Norman

Thanks, but this is not an upgrade.  I'm starting with an empty hard drive.