How long before you give up.

NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Mon Sep 22 00:38:03 UTC 2008


On 09/21/2008 05:21 PM, Patrick Newberry wrote:
> Got some old machines and trying to install xubuntu.
> 
> I've got one machine right now that had windows 2000 server on it.
> Didn't know password. I put in the xubuntu disk and it's been going
> for about 8 or more hours. At this point I have no  display but the
> cdrom drive is spinning.
> 
> How long should before I should accept  the fact that something is
> hosed and try to start over. It's not a big deal as nothing is on it
> that I have to save.

About 7 1/2 hours ago.

> 
> Also I didn't see an option to over write the existing system (e.g.
> the windows operating system if I don't want to bother with a dual
> boot.)

If you want to keep the Win2K server, then opt to dual boot. I can help
you reset the password to null. That said; you should the install
process should have recognized an existing Win install and informed you
that a section of the drive was/is formated to FAT32 or NTFS. You might
want to have a look at these:

http://www.xubuntu.org/
http://www.xubuntu.org/help
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardyReleaseNotes



> 
> Do I need for format the c: drive before I put in the xubuntu install
> disk?

No. The installation process will prepare and format the partitions for you.







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