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Cant get rid of error

Asked by Judgegeo

Carry on from:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/13435

I updated 5.10, upon restart i had errors saying my gui couldnt start. Well now i just boots up ubuntu even with out disks in drives. So i'm stumped as to how to get rid of ubuntu and do a fresh install of 6.04? I have access to the command line so a step by step guide would be much apprecitated.

Thanks.

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Jayson Vaughn (thedonvaughn) said : 		#1

Hello,
If you want a fresh install of 6.04, the easiest thing to do is to download 6.04 installation CD and format/write over your existing partitions.

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Judgegeo (judgegeo) said : 		#2

Hello Jayson,

Thanks for answering. Only problem is I have the CD in my CDROM on boot but it still boots into Ubuntu.

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Mathias Uebelacker (muebelacker) said : 		#3

Hello,

on cd is which version. 5.10 or 6.04?. If you will install a completely new system you should change to the actual stable version feisty. Not to dapper.

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Judgegeo (judgegeo) said : 		#4

I have a live CD which is version 5.10, but i downloaded the 6.04 LTS and have that on CD also, should i download 7.xx ?

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Mathias Uebelacker (muebelacker) said : 		#5

Hello,

so if you make a new system i would prefer 7.04. Is really a stable mature version and works fine. It will be easier to upgrade to the next versions. So i would download 7.04 and use this version to build a new system.

br
Mathias

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Judgegeo (judgegeo) said : 		#6

Okay, I'm going to download Ubuntu 7.04, I'll see if this helps.

Thanks.

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Judgegeo (judgegeo) said : 		#7

Could anyone provide me with the command line i need to run the Live CD, because it does seem to run.

Maybe the command line to format the current installation?

Thanks.

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Wrwrwr (wrwrwr) said : 		#8

If your live cd fails to start maybe you should change your boot order in BIOS, so that cd is before the hard drive?

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Judgegeo (judgegeo) said : 		#9

Sorry, i should have posted that i went onto IRC and got some help there.

Problem sorted!

Thanks