FW: Error installing Ubuntu 11.10 on VirtualBox

[Sonny Golovine]

Use the statup disk creator that ships with Ubuntu. You can burn any 
.iso to a USB.

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On 3/18/12 10:13 AM, Colin Law wrote:
> On 18 March 2012 14:03, Suhaila Haji Mohd Hussin
> <bell_beauty12 at hotmail.com>  wrote:
>> How would you boot off the CD? Is it from the settings on the virtualbox?
> Plug the CD in the drive and reboot the PC.  But if you are running
> from an iso then it is obviously not a problem with a CD.  Check the
> md5sum of the iso image to make sure it is downloaded correctly.
> Google if you do not know how to do that.
>
> Please don't top post, it makes it difficult to follow the thread.
> Insert your replies at appropriate points in previous message.
> Thanks.
>
> Colin
>
>> Suhaila
>>
>>> From: clanlaw at googlemail.com
>>> Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 13:57:01 +0000
>>> Subject: Re: Error installing Ubuntu 11.10 on VirtualBox
>>> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>>>
>>> On 18 March 2012 13:44, Suhaila Haji Mohd Hussin
>>> <bell_beauty12 at hotmail.com>  wrote:
>>>> Hello.
>>>>
>>>> I got this kinda error
>>>>
>>>> Errno5 input/output error
>>>>
>>>> This particular error is often due to a faulty CD/DVD disk or drive, or
>>>> a
>>>> faulty hard disk. It may help to clean the CD/DVD, to burn the CD/DVD at
>>>> a
>>>> lower speed, to clean the CD/DVD drive lens (cleaning kits are often
>>>> available from electronics suppliers), to check whether the hard disk is
>>>> old
>>>> and in need of replacement, or to move the system to a cooler
>>>> environment.
>>> If you boot off the CD then I think on the first screen before it
>>> boots into Ubuntu there is an option to check the CD. Run this to
>>> check that it is burnt correctly and that the drive can read it. If
>>> that fails then follow the advice given with the error you posted.
>>>
>>> Colin
>>>
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