[xubuntu-users] Problem installing 12.04?

[Joshua O'Leary]

On 09/05/12 15:26, TOM TOM wrote:
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> On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 5:19 PM, Knute Johnson <ubuntu at knutejohnson.com 
> <mailto:ubuntu at knutejohnson.com>> wrote:
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>     On 5/9/2012 7:14 AM, Piskie wrote:
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>         On 09/05/12 04:45, Knute Johnson wrote:
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>             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.
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>         https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM
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>         https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuHashes
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>         https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/CDIntegrityCheck
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>         You might need to use some boot options for it
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>         https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDBootOptions
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>
>         regards
>
>         Piskie
>
>
>     Thanks I'll try that.
>
>     -- 
>
>     Knute Johnson
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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.
>
>
Have you tried the alternate install <http://xubuntu.org/getxubuntu/>?
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