installing UBUNTU 7.10

[NoOp]

On 11/30/2007 03:20 PM, James Takac wrote:

> 
> Hi Cj
> 
> When I did my installs there was also what seemed like a freeze at the 82% 
> mark. I did some research at the time to find that was actually normal as it 
> was downloading something (i forget what) at that time. It's likely not 
> essential to ubuntu's daily operations so unplugging the net likely resulted 
> in the install not completing that part? I'm no expert here of course. K, 
> just looked it up again and found it. Exerpt from the site here
> 
> "I think my gripe with Gutsy was that it seemed to freeze at 82% during 
> installation at a stage called something like "Scanning Mirror". This 
> operation took so long I thought the installation failed the first time, so I 
> rebooted the computer. The second time around it took a very long time again 
> (something like 20 minutes), but I left it alone and eventually the 
> installation continued. If this is a common issue, I think there should be 
> some warning that a certain stage of the installation can take a very long 
> time. In the past, I've been able to set up Dapper, Edgy or Feisty in about 
> 20-25 minutes, so it was a big surprise to me that Gutsy took so much 
> longer."
> 
> James
> 

I've found that if you install Gutsy without a network connection using
the alternate CD, the installation will almost immediately tell you that
it couldn't find a DHCP address & 1) give you the option to put in a
fixed IP or 2) configure the network later. Opt for #2 and the install
will proceed as normal.