Installing 7.1 (Gutsy) (was goes to a "/target" drive???)
Joseph
ubuntu at e-pops.org
Mon Apr 14 02:23:13 UTC 2008
Joseph wrote:
> > >
> > > I've been trying all day to get Ubuntu 7.x installed into a computer.
> > >
> > > When I get it installed, it's not normal. It gives me the following
> > > oddities:
> > >
> > > 1. The "Examples" and "Install" folders are still on the desktop
> > > 2. There is a new "drive" icon on the desktop called "/target"
> > > 3. There's no "filesystem" folder in the computer menu
> > > 3. All the files which are supposed to go to the "filesystem"
> > > folder is in this new "/target" drive
> > > 4. The files are there, but when I attempt to reboot, it
> > > doesn't and I must reinstall again and it does the same thing.
> > >
> > > Any ideas? I think it might have something to do with the fact that
> > > the hard drive is a 2.1Gb drive.
> > >
> > > Am I correct??? ...and if not, what might I try???
> > >
> > > Joseph
> > >
>
> No response to this so far.... <grimace>
>
> But, after much harranging and scrapping with this, I DID apparently get
> Ubuntu (Gutsy) onto the drive in my old e-Machine. (the 'e' stands for
> evil)
>
> As it was starting, the grub started and the "Starting up ... " came up
> with two apparent errors. They are:
>
> 1. invalid compressed format (err=1)
> 2. Kernal panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
> unknown wn-block(0,0)
>
>
> The second, third, and fourth times the errors were:
> 1. "crc error"
> 2. Kernal panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
> unknown wn-block(0,0)
>
>
> Any ideas on how to mount this and run the system???
>
> Joseph
>
Mr. Obnibolongo wrote:
> You didn't expect more than 4 minutes lol.
>
> Anyway, your instalation is seriously screwed up.
>
> Have you checked your .iso md5sum prior to installing?
> Did you "Check (your) CD for defects" on live CD's boot menu?
No errors on the disk.
What is my .iso md5sum???
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