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UBUNTU INSTALL FAILURE DUE TO SQUASHFS & UBIQUITY ERRORS

Asked by Bobit

This is in relation to my problem in installing Ubuntu 8.10 for dual boot but only XP boots. Prior to repeating the installation of Ubuntu, I did a defragmentation of my Windows files. It went ok. Then, I reinstalled the Ubuntu. Near the completion of the installation process, the display changed to black and showed several numbers in brackets ([ ]) and SquashFS error. I pressed the power button and it ejected the CD and shut down the computer. For the same CD copy, I tried to install again and, this time at around 70% of the completion of the installation, I got a message that either the CD drive head needs cleaning or make another CD copy at a slower rate of writing.
So, I burned another CD at a speed of 12x (before this was set at “fastest”). When I installed again, the process was very very near completion when I got a message on Ubiquity Error. This error was supposed to be sent to the Ubuntu group but I had no internet connection at that time.
In the end, after 4 tries, I haven’t installed yet the Ubuntu. Worse is that for every installation, swap file and ext3 are being created, and my free space keeps on getting smaller. Now I have 4 swap files and 4 ext3 files. Is there a way to convert excess swap and ext3 files into free space?
What are my other possible options?
1. Download Ubuntu 8.04 from a mirror site
2. Use Bittorrent in downloading
3. Download Kubuntu instead

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juancarlospaco (juancarlospaco) said : 		#1

Your options:
--Use " Ship It " to get an Original Ubuntu CD for free of charge. https://shipit.ubuntu.com/
--Download the ISO again, and test it, with the boot option " Check CD for defects ", if it's OK use it.

You can test the downloaded ISOs on Virtualbox, to not spend a new CD,
but require some Skills with virtual machines and stuff.

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juancarlospaco (juancarlospaco) said : 		#2

More Options:
Buy an Original Ubuntu CD. http://www.ubuntu.com/GetUbuntu/purchase

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Bobit (bobitsev) said : 		#3

Thanks for the reply. Although requesting for a free copy CD may be a solution but, sorry, I can't wait for 10 weeks. Also, I would not want to spend in purchasing one either.
But I did had my burned CD checked for defects and the result was ok to use. I am doubting my CD drive to be the cause of all my problems.

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#4

Checking the Cd for errors was definitely a good plan. Did you test both Cds? Anyway, try booting a Live Cd session (ie without installing anything to your computer). Can you get to a working desktop? I included a link here to something useful for you but it sounds like you're getting far enough that it seems unlikely to be much use really. Still worth posting to you just in case.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootFromCD

Also worth trying is looking up your hardware in
http://www.fsf.org/resources/hw
to see if there's an incompatibility issue. It's by no means an exhaustive list and needs a lot more input from linux users.

I think it's got to be faster to try another distro, preferably a tiny one that has gparted included in it's LiveCd session so that at worst you'll be able to sort out your partitions. (ok, not quite worst as it may not work if there is an incompatibility issue but that's unlikely). A popular place for comparing distro's is DistroWatch and here's their page for my favourite distro for sorting/testing this various things out
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=wolvix

Good luck and please let us know what results you got
Regards from
Tom :)

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#5

It's just occured to me that you might be trying to install Ubuntu from within Windows - if so forget it. These instructions to sorting out a proper dual-boot system are much better.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot

The Wubi install relies heavily on Windows systems working properly and as such it manages to combine the worst of both OS's. A proper dual-boot combines the best of both making a strong, robust system that combines the best of both and is much more fun to us. Also with the proper dual-boot it's much easier to eliminate either OS in the longer term. Note that Ubuntu only needs 8Gb and is happy with 10Gb with this approach but within Windows it'd need more space.

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

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Bobit (bobitsev) said : 		#6

Thanks Tom for taking time. I did test both CD copies prior to installation and the result was ok. Using live CD is ok. I checked Distrowatch and it's a good reference site for linux flavors. In the statement of my problem, my installation is for the purpose of dual boot and not the one with Wubi.
Anyway, I'll try downloading 8.04 LTS instead of 8.10 from a mirror site and see what happens. I'll keep you posted.

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Best Tom (tom6) said : 		#7

If you are still having trouble with this then please post it as a new question. Only the most recent questions tend to get looked at so posting/reposting a question just before america arrives online after work/school gives the best chance of getting a good few answers.
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+addquestion

If the problem has been resolved then please follow the link to the forum thread and mark it as Solved.

Good luck and many regards from
Tom :)

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Bobit (bobitsev) said : 		#8

Sorry about pending this question. Yup, it has been solved. Thanks to everyone who helped!