Installing 7.1 (Gutsy) (was goes to a "/target" drive???)

[Joseph]

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???