Seeking Help

[Dick Dowdell]

On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 9:34 AM, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:

> On 22 January 2013 14:04, Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> > ...
> > As far as I am aware, the only REAL and painless way to install Ubuntu
> from
> > a DVD is to buy the DVD from a place such as On-Disk.com (Ric! Where are
> > you?! Help out here please :-D ) which contains ALL the files on the DVD
> to
> > install Ubuntu.
> >
> > The DVD you burn from the iso of Ubuntu does not contain all the files,
> and
> > these files have to be downloaded from the Ubuntu site during
> installation.
>
> Sorry Basil but that is rubbish.  The iso image for the desktop
> install includes the vast majority of the files needed for install.  I
> installed on a machine from the iso a few days ago and with an
> internet connection of only 1.5Mbps it only spent about 20 mins, if I
> remember correctly, downloading stuff after doing the file copying
> from the image (I was actually installing from USB stick rather than
> DVD but the image is the same).
>
> >
> > This is what I understand.
> >
> > And you mention that you have a 10 Mbits/s connection to the 'net -
> which,
> > to me indicates that you have ADSL. Taking into account how far you live
> > from your nearest telephone exchange and how congested the phone line is
> and
> > how busy the Ubuntu server is, you will take a heck of a long time to
> finish
> > the installation :-( .
>
> Most can only dream of a 10Mbps connection.
>
> > ...
> > So what I am saying here is: let the whole thing run until its finished
> - or
> > buy for $US5 the DVD from the URL I just gave you (you do live in the US
> of
> > A? If not then there would be a similar store somewhere in your locale
> > [maybe]) and save heaps of download time by installing from this DVD.
>
> Even if you buy a DVD with everything on it will probably be out of
> date by the time you get it and you will still need to download a fair
> chunk of updates after installing.
>
> Colin
>
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Geoff,

I'm reasonably sure that a DVD burned from an official .iso has everything
required to run and/or install Ubuntu.  The network connection is used to
acquire updates that occurred after the .iso was created.  One can install
without any network connection at all --- did it just last week.  I believe
that your assumption that it's an I/O problem is likely correct.

Modern motherboards and BIOS/UEFI can have many setting options for SATA
and disk access.  What are your motherboard's options and what were your
choices?  Is there a default options choice and have you tried it?  Have
you contacted the motherboard manufacturer's support staff?

Regards,
Dick Dowdell
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