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Installation problems

Asked by Govindarajan

I have t 160GB IDE hard drives and the first one has Vista. The second one had SUSE which I want replace with UBUNTU. I have a CD that came with a UK magzine (6.06 version). When I try to install on the second drive, it goes up to the 5th step and stops with an error saying that the installer crashed and report problems. Though they are IDE drives, I see them as /dev/sda when I do a df on them. I am a knowleadgeable computer person and it is disconcerting. I like what I see in ubuntu. Thanks for the help.

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Vo Dai Chuyen (vdchuyen) said : 		#1

Is this a SATA drive? Do you have a mass USB storage pluged ? If not reinstall, just select a / and swap and try again. You can mount others later.

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Govindarajan (a122) said : 		#2

Yes, they are SATA drives. Thanks for the suggestion. I will try.

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Jayaprakash Munta (mjprakash) said : 		#3

I Have 160 GB SATA SEAGATE HDD, Intel Pentium Duo Core 1.86 GHZ 1066, INTEL 946GZ MOTHER BOARD. Iam trying to instal Ubuntu 6.06 version but this version is not installing in my Computer, presently iam using win xp professional sp2
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Jayaprakash Munta (mjprakash) said : 		#4

AND IAM ALSO TRIED TO INSTALL AMD VERSION AND ALTERNATE VERSION ALSO THESE VERSIONS ARE NOT INSTALLED IN MY SYSTEM

INTEL PENTIUM DEO CORE 1.86 GHZ 1066, INTEL 946GZ MOTHER BOARD

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Alex Vaughn (aevaughn) said : 		#5

Jayaprakash Munta:
I recommend that you start a new support request. So, that the Ubuntu Support Team can help you with your request efficiently and so that the proper people can get credit for their work. I also would ask that you give specific information regarding any errors given by the installer. There is also some very good documentation on how to install Ubuntu at < https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation >.
Thanks,
Ubuntu Support Team

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Govindarajan (a122) said : 		#6

I have managed to install 6.10 successfully. Pl. consider the issue closed. TX