[xubuntu-users] Installing xubuntu without a CD

[David Collins]

I have also experienced problems installing xubuntu from CD.

This is a nice collection of alternative methods ..

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation

Regards,
David Collins



> On Jan 8, 2008 1:04 PM, keith <kwithey at civilsolutions.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >
> > On Tue, 2008-01-08 at 19:04 +0000, promar at juno.com wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > first off my equipment:
> > > fic 503+ motherboard
> > > amd KIII 400 MHZ processor
> > > 256 meg memory
> > > radeon 32 meg apg video card
> > > samsung sw232 cd/cdrw
> > > maxtor 40 gig drive
> > > maxtor 2.0 gig drive
> > >
> > > I downloaded xubuntu 7.10 and burned the iso image to a cd. Checksums
> > of the file appeared
> > > to be ok. checksums of the burned image also appeared to ok. After
> > trying various times to
> > > install from the cd, the install sometimes stalls at the point when
> > its burning the
> > > kernal, and when that passes through it stall at the point when
> > installing the software
> > > portion. I can never get past the software portion, when I do get
past
> > the kernal portion
> > > of the install.
> > >
> > > After a few tips in troubleshooting, I came to conclusion that its my
> > cdrom drive that
> > > does not respond well during install.
> > >
> > > So my question is, how can I manage a harddrive install, by invoking
> > the install process
> > > via the cdrom image? I have no internet connection where my computer
> > is located.
> > >
> > > regards
> > > _____________________________________________________________

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