<html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>I have a ubuntu 6.10 disk with which I am trying to install Ubuntu in a Dell Inspiron 1150. It has 256 Meg Ram.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>I have no floppy, but I have a CD. I have 2 USB ports, one of which is occupied with a mouse. The graphics is a standard Intel chip set used for these portables.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>I tried both normal and safe mode. Safe goes a little further.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Ubuntu loads and I see an icon that says install. When I click on it, I get a drop down that has a label on it that says, “Install”. I click on that, and the CD start whirring. After about 15 minutes, the systems appears to hang. There is no apparent activity and mouse is hung.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>I posted a note in the forums and was advised to try an alternative disk. I downloaded this and tried to burn it and load it, but I must have done something wrong, because it didn’t boot at all.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>I am totally inexperienced with Linux, my experience is in application development, not OS’s anyway. So I am lost and would appreciate any help you can give me.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Regards,</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Al</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'><a href="mailto:al@strelzoff.com">al@strelzoff.com</a></span></font></p> <p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'>Alan Strelzoff, Ph.D.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'>978-352-5427</span></font></p> <p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'>Boxford, Mass.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'> </span></font></p> </div> </body> </html>