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defective xubuntu iso

Asked by John on 2008-07-30

I downloaded the newest xubuntu iso and then burned it onto a cd using nero. when I went to install xubuntu on my evectra pc, it got halfway through the installation and then reported that there was 1 bad file and terninated the installation. I ran the defects check within xubuntu and got the same results. someone needs to pull the ISO off the website and fix it! I've ruined 3 cd's due to this problem! is there a good copy I can order for free?? I have ubuntu and it works fine. I want to test drive xubuntu and see what its like. My evectra is a 600mhz system with onlu 256 MB of memory. ubuntu won't work on this system so I want to use xubuntu. can someone help??? John

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AD (ad-lfc) said on 2008-07-30:

On theUbuntu Website https://shipit.ubuntu.com/ They Should Send You A Copy Of All The Hardy versions On One CD

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said on 2008-07-30:

Hello

Yes

Firstly,I suggest you check out the download site http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/8.04/release/

Next,Choose a location near you and download the ISO. Then follow the directions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto (Burn your cd at a lower speed say at 4x and check your MD5 sums)

Bit info about MD5 sums:
With an md5 sum you can compare the contents of files. If your .iso file is defect (this can happen when you download it), it's md5sum would be different than that one on the Ubuntu server.

To calculate the md5sum of your image file, you can use a command line tool like http://www.md5summer.org/download.html for Windows (on Ubuntu/xubuntu it's the 'md5sum' command). Then compare the calculated value with the ones in this list http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/8.04/release/MD5SUMS So if you have the xubuntu-8.04-alternate-i386.iso, the calculated value should be 4f398cd35eaf297347f18634a5be5d77

If the file has a different md5sum than expected, I would recommend to download that iso again.

also check the CD for defects

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

Hope that helps