unable to install ubuntu 16.04.2

[Richard]

Hello Colin

On 05/29/2017, you wrote:

> On 29 May 2017 at 16:53, Richard <mobile at directemails.info> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I downloaded the Ubuntu 16.04.2 iso, and created the DVD. when I tried to install this
>> on a Windows XP machine and also a Windows 7 laptop, in both cases I get a purple screen with at the base of the screen a pictogram of a rectangle
>> followed by "=" followed a pictogram of a man in a circle.
>>
>> nothing further seems to happens.
>
> What happens if you hit a key?

ok, that has resolved the problem!


> The pictogram is intended to show a
> keyboard and a man, meaning hit a key for manual operation. 

that may have been the intention but literally speaking it doesnt say that!

it shows a rectangle where the screen resolution is too low to 
show any keys, and equals means "the same",

ie rectangle equals man in circle, which is a bit crazy!

with road signs, something in a circle means "not allowed",
eg a bicycle in a circle means no cycles allowed

so its saying "keyboard is man not allowed"


they should just use english, because english is the default language of computing,
and with eg Linux, all the command names are based on english eg 
"ls" means "list sort",

you are heading up a very steep mountain if you try to use computers with any language other than english.

with computer languages, equals means set the left side to equal the value on the right side, ie "set computer keyboard to a man in a circle"




>It should
> have timed out if you did nothing and tried to run Ubuntu from the
> DVD, but it seems that did not happen.

originally I eventually did hit keys, but it must have timed out

keyboard=man was still there, but nothing happened.

promptly pressing a key progressed me to selecting the language.

>
> If it comes up with some options then first tell it to check the files
> on the DVD (which will take some time), note that the menu is keyboard
> driven not mouse. If it checks ok then select Try Ubuntu to make sure
> it runs ok on your machine.
>
> Colin
>
Regards

anyway, promptly hitting a key has got me to the next stage.