[xubuntu-users] Problem installing 12.04?

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On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 5:19 PM, Knute Johnson <ubuntu at knutejohnson.com>wrote:

> On 5/9/2012 7:14 AM, Piskie wrote:
>
>> On 09/05/12 04:45, Knute Johnson wrote:
>>
>>> I'm trying to install Xubuntu 12.04 on an old Dell laptop. I'm
>>> getting an error that says the installer had an unrecoverable error
>>> and then starts a session so I can troubleshoot. The problem is, I
>>> don't know what to look for. Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>>  I'd be inclined to check the md5sum of the download and the cd burn -
>> if those are both good then I'd look further.
>>
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/**community/HowToMD5SUM<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM>
>>
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/**community/UbuntuHashes<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuHashes>
>>
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/**community/Installation/**CDIntegrityCheck<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/CDIntegrityCheck>
>>
>>
>> You might need to use some boot options for it
>>
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/**community/LiveCDBootOptions<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDBootOptions>
>>
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Piskie
>>
>>
> Thanks I'll try that.
>
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Also, if you don't have important data on the disk or other operating
systems, try formating the whole disk before installation.
That is: delete all partitions with gparted and format it to ext4.
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