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Problem while installing Ubuntu

Asked by ATUL ARUN JOSHI

Hello Everybody,
I have received the latest ubuntu CD few days back
I tried to install ubuntu on my system with following procedure :
Selected Install Option.
Selected manual partition option.
Specified the partition .
But my PC gets hanged frequently while installation procedure is running
For the first time , when i tried to installed , it hanged after stating/creating partitions .
But now it gets hanged at every step.

Could you please help me out to solve this problem ?

Regards,
Atul

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Abhinav (abhinavhardikar) said : 		#1

Hi Atul

Could you tell me your coomputer hardware info?

Abhinav

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ATUL ARUN JOSHI (atuljo) said : 		#2

Hi Abhinav,
Thanks for repplying so fast...
H/w info is :
P4 , 256MB-RAM,80-GB HD,
Currently XP runs as an OS...

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Abhinav (abhinavhardikar) said : 		#3

Which ubuntu are you using

Abhinav

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ATUL ARUN JOSHI (atuljo) said : 		#4

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron)

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Abhinav (abhinavhardikar) said : 		#5

The system requirements do not meet your computer configuration. You need 384 MB of RAM. Therefore Install ubuntu through wubi. It is an official Windows Based installer in which you don't even have to make a partiton for it. Just start windows. Insert the CD. Click Install in Windows. Select the drive in which You want to install. And just say install.

For more info go to
www.wubi-installer.com

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Abhinav (abhinavhardikar) said : 		#6

Wubi requirements:

Pentium 3 Processor
256 MB of RAM
*Windows 98, 2000, XP, Vista

*Wubi does not work with Windows Me

Abhinav

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ATUL ARUN JOSHI (atuljo) said : 		#7

Ok...
Thanks a lot Abhinav...
I will try Wubi option..and will let u know...

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#8

Taked from Minimum system requirements to install Ubuntu 8.04.1
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements

"It should be possible to get Ubuntu running on a system with the following minimum hardware specification, although it is unlikely that the system would run well. You should use the Alternate install CD to attempt such an installation.

    * 300 MHz x86 processor
    * 64 MB of system memory (RAM)
    * At least 4 GB of disk space (for full installation and swap space)
    * VGA graphics card capable of 640x480 resolution
    * CD-ROM drive or network card
"

I prefer to suggest you to install Ubuntu using the Ubuntu 8.04.1 alternate cd than Wubi...

i suggest you to download and burn on a cd at lower speed you can do (4x), here an howto https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto, the Ubuntu alternate install cd iso image ( ubuntu-8.04.1-alternate-i386.iso ) you can download this cd from here: http://releases.ubuntu.com/8.04.1/

Hope this helps

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What is Wubi

Wubi Ubuntu installation
Wubi http://wubi-installer.org/, is a Ubuntu installer for Windows. ( Windows UBuntu Installer ) WUBI
Wubi installer is a good method, but not the best, to install and try Ubuntu for Windows user, using an easy way.
Wubi installer don't make a real ext3 filesystem partition, separated isolated from Windows, it create a big file into the windows filesystem and install Ubuntu in it, so if you have problems into Windows partition (viruses, filesystem corruption) you can damage and loose all the installed Ubuntu.

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ATUL ARUN JOSHI (atuljo) said : 		#9

Thanks a lot to all..
I upgraded my PC with 512MB RAM and installed ubuntu with same cd ..
everything is running fine now ...