Troubleshoot Installation

[Allen Tung]

Package: installation-reports



Boot method: Ubuntu desktop CD

Image version: a CD that Canonical mailed over

Date: December 30, 2008 3:11



Machine: It's a White Medion Akoya EX

Processor: intel Celeron

Memory: 490,992 KB RAM

Partitions: <df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred>

(no idea where to find this)



Output of lspci -nn and lspci -vnn:

(no idea what this is either)



Base System Installation Checklist:

[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it



Initial boot:           [e ]

Detect network card:    [e ]

Configure network:      [e ]

Detect CD:              [o ]

Load installer modules: [e ]

Detect hard drives:     [e ]

Partition hard drives:  [e ]

Install base system:    [e ]

Clock/timezone setup:   [e ]

User/password setup:    [e ]

Install tasks:          [e ]

Install boot loader:    [e ]

Overall install:        [e ]



Comments/Problems:



<Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments

      and ideas you had during the initial install.>



I took the CD that Canonical sent over, and put it in the disk drive
of my laptop.  Then, I clicked the fullinstall or demo button, and
restarted the computer automatically.  When I came to the screen, I
pressed enter for English, and chose the full install option.  It
brought me to an Ubuntu screen with a bar loading.  When the bar
finished loading, the screen went black, and blinked a few times.  The
disk eventually stopped whirring, and nothing happened.  Whenever I
pressed a couple buttons, or the power button, it started whirring
again.  If I pressed and held the power button, though, the laptop
turned off.  Essentially, the install failed.  Every time I attempted
this, this process repeated itself, without fail.
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