Installation Issue

[Jay Boyson]

Try using USE bookable media or rewrite the iso using a slower speed.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto
On Feb 16, 2011 3:15 PM, "Mark Apel" <mapel at cals.arizona.edu> wrote:
> I recently reformatted my Dell 4500S desktop computer (1.76 Gigahertz
> Celeron processor) with Ubuntu 10.10 and despite an error message saying
> certain packages couldn¹t be removed, things seemed to work just fine. I
> installed Ubuntu as the sole operating system. However, I started noticing
> some bugginess and thought maybe the installation was corrupted. After a
> forced shutdown, Ubuntu would no longer boot up my computer ­ saying ³init
> not found.²
> I booted up using the CD disk, but the installation got stuck on the
> ³Preparing to install² window and never went forward. I downloaded Ubuntu
> again using my Mac and burned the iso to disk per the instructions. I
booted
> up Ubuntu on my Dell with the new CD and went to install Ubuntu 10.10
again,
> and once again, it got stuck on the ³Preparing to install² window. Any
ideas
> on how I can successfully re-install Ubuntu on my old computer? Thanks in
> advance.
> --
> Mark A.
>
>
>
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