cannot install to certain machine (live/alternate/7.04/6.06)

[Gabriel Dragffy]

On Sat, 2007-05-12 at 08:28 -0500, Solomon Herscovitch wrote:
> Hi.  I am member SoloSalsa on the Ubuntu Forums.  I never really
> needed help like this, and now that I need it, it is really
> frustrating.  I hope someone on the list will help me.
> 
> I cannot get Xubuntu (or Ubuntu) on my machine.  I pieced it together,
> and it never had an operating system before.  I started with the
> Xubuntu Feisty LiveCD.  The live environment works great: it detects
> Nvidia graphics, sound, WiFi, etc, and runs really well.
> BUT, when I run the installer application, the installer just
> *vanishes* at a certain point.
> I then tried Feisty Ubuntu (not Xubuntu), and reached the same problem.
> I tried Dapper Xubuntu, and it also quit, but the 6.06 installer
> leaves a little note, just saying to ask online...
> I tried Feisty Xubuntu Alternate, and, there, too, it will not install.
> 
> These are the last few lines of the Alternate Install's syslog:
> base-installer: error: exiting on error base-installer/kernel/failed-install
> main-menu[3057]: WARNING **: Configuring 'base-installer' failed with
> error code 1
> main-menu[3057]: WARNING **: Menu item 'base-installer' failed.
> main-menu[3057]: INFO: Modifying debconf priority limit from 'high' to 'medium'
> debconf: Setting debconf/priority to medium
> main-menu[3057]: DEBUG: resolver (libnewt0.52): package doesn't exist (ignored)
> main-menu[3057]: DEBUG: resolver (ext2-modules): package doesn't exist (ignored)
> main-menu[3057]: DEBUG: resolver (firmware-modules): package doesn't
> exist (ignored)
> main-menu[3057]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for
> console-setup-udeb
> main-menu[3057]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for
> console-setup-udeb
> main-menu[3057]: INFO: Menu item 'di-utils-shell' selected
> 
> I have never ran an operating system on the computer, so I do not even
> have Windows to fall back to (not like I want to).  I do have other
> computers in the house, though.  Please, will anyone help?
> 

To my mind there are only two things that could be at fault. I have had
systems run very well with a live CD, but then the installer kept
crashing out - the problem being faulty RAM. Other than that, it makes
sense that if the Live CD works well, but when you try to install it
breaks, the hard drive is at fault. The LiveCD never touches the hard
drive *unless* you are installing. That's my penny's worth anyhow!

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