installation trouble

[Phil Sexton]

Ed Mizzi wrote:
> I am working with an old Dell Inspiron 5000, P-3 with 192 MB RAM and 6.4 
> GB hard drive. 

You don't have enough memory.

 From <http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/804>:

The minimum memory requirement for Ubuntu 8.04 is 384MB of memory 
for desktop CDs, and 256MB for other installation methods. (Note 
that some of your system's memory may be unavailable due to being 
used for the graphics card.)

With only the minimum amount of memory available, the installation 
process will take longer than normal, but will complete 
successfully, and the system will perform adequately once installed. 
Low-memory systems may be able to use the desktop CD to install by 
selecting "Install Ubuntu" from the boot menu to run just the 
installer, rather than the whole desktop started by selecting "Try 
Ubuntu without any change to your computer".

> The point I'm at is as follows...
>  
> -start computer
> -first black screen asks me to choose Win98 or Ubuntu
> -if I choose WIN98, no problems
> -if I choose Ubuntu see below...
> -it starts loading the 8.04 ver. CD but takes literally hours to load
> -when finally loaded I click on Install Ubuntu...no windows pop up, no 
> choices are given, the CD simply starts running
> -I leave it run for hours longer, thinking that it's formatting my drive 
> and installing Ubuntu and then nothing...computer shuts down
> -I'm back to square one
>  
> Any ideas would help, please
>  
> Note: I am not planning to keep both Operating systems on this comp. I 
> simply want to run Ubuntu. Can I simply format the drive in the WIN98 
> system and then somehow install Ubuntu?

Yes, IF you upgrade the memory.