Installation Issue

[Jay Boyson]

*USB bootable media
On Feb 16, 2011 3:19 PM, "Jay Boyson" <jboyson.subscriber at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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