Ubuntu 6.06 install takes infinite amount of time

[Michael T. Richter]

On Sun, 2006-02-07 at 11:58 +0530, िऩऩाद wrote:

> I downloaded the ubuntu ISO "ubuntu-6.06-desktop-i386.iso" . I wrote
> it to a cd and booted it.
> The live cd worked great and I was impressed by the new look and
> changes. I decided to install.
> I clicked on the install icon. 
> This started the install but the pc hanged(mouse and keyboard not
> responding) during the timezone selection.
>  I tried again and succeeded in going past the userid and password
> screen but now the pc hangs at the manual partitionscreen with no
> display of the partitions. Reaching to this took almost 45 minutes.And
> all this time there were no error messages and there was continuous
> harddisk and cd activity going on on the computer


I faced a similar problem.  The solution is the new laptop I'm buying in
the next two weeks or so....

You've got a CD failure.  Either your CD drive is dead/dying or the CD
you burned is flawed.  The symptoms you describe match EXACTLY the
problems I have while using CD-Rs, DVD-Rs, some DVD+Rs, and some CD-RWs
and DVD+RWs.  Regular CDs don't cause this problem for me, however.


> Is this the right image which i downloaded
> Is there any alternative way to install ubuntu


I eventually had to install Dapper by installing Breezy (5.10) from a
Shipit disc I had lying around and then running an upgrade online.  This
despite the fact that all my Dapper disks work fine on other computers
(so I know the disks are just dandy).

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