problem with the ubuntu installer

[Tee Jay Rosene]

>
> I think there maybe a problem somewhere in the Ubuntu Installer for the
> > Edgy
> > Desktop CD.
> > Someone trying to install Linux for me said my Desktop had 256 K RAM but
> > when they clicked on the desktop Icon to install, the machine seemed not
> > to
> > do much. I was asked about my computers host name, my user name and
> > password
> > for my main account and asked about disk partitioning but when we chose
> > use
> > free space, the drive churned around for hours but showed no progress
> > bars
> > and even when this person went home after visiting my flat, 12 AM came
> > but
> > still no repartitioning. I started the installation at 2 yesterday
> > afternoon
> > and it had still made no attempts to finish partitioning.
> > Is anyone aware of this as a possible bug because I am not only havving
> > a
> > problem installing Edgy, I can't even run the Orca screenreader when I
> > press
> > F5 3 at the boot prompt.
>
>
I'm not sure if it's a bug or not; your machine might be a bit on the slow
side (especially if you have 256 K rather than MB!) for the live
installation. Anyway, you might want to consider downloading the
"Alternative" install CD. This option is handy for older hardware because
rather than having a graphical installer using up all your RAM, it instead
goes right to a blue screen and installs Ubuntu quite a lot simpler.
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