This does NOT go towards making a good impression :-(

[Colin Law]

On 1 April 2013 14:52, Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> On 02/04/13 00:20, Colin Law wrote:
>> ...
>> I can't believe that the alternate installer just doesn't work at all.
>>   That would surely have been noticed.
>>
>> Colin
>
>
> Exactly what I would have thought and did think.
>
> But I can assure you that what I stated is what I experienced. And if you
> want to know what system I am using then look at the signature line at the
> end of this message.

I was not suggesting it did not happen, but that there may be
something unusual about your system.  No idea what though.  Having not
tried the alternate install (at least not recently) I will download it
and have a go.  I presume it was "ubuntu-12.04.2-alternate-amd64.iso"

Colin