Can 't install Ubuntu

[Al Strelzoff]

I have a ubuntu 6.10 disk with which I am trying to install Ubuntu in a Dell
Inspiron 1150.  It has 256 Meg Ram.

 

I have no floppy, but I have a CD.  I have 2 USB ports, one of which is
occupied with a mouse.  The graphics is a standard Intel chip set used for
these portables.

 

I tried both normal and safe mode.  Safe goes a little further.

 

Ubuntu loads and I see an icon that says install.  When I click on it, I get
a drop down that has a label on it that says, "Install".  I click on that,
and the CD start whirring.  After about 15 minutes, the systems appears to
hang.  There is no apparent activity and mouse is hung.

 

I posted a note in the forums and was advised to try an alternative disk.  I
downloaded this and tried to burn it and load it, but I must have done
something wrong, because it didn't boot at all.

 

I am totally inexperienced with Linux, my experience is in application
development, not OS's anyway.  So I am lost and would appreciate any help
you can give me.

 

 

Regards,

 

Al

 

 

 

al at strelzoff.com

Alan Strelzoff, Ph.D.

978-352-5427

Boxford, Mass.

 

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