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unable to install ubantu !

Asked by alind billore

i have a p4 processor with 256MB of ram and 80 GB of hard disk, i created a partition of 15 GB for installing UBANTU , while installing from a CD ,it takes nearly 20 minutes to go through each process,and finally at the process 4(asking for the partion) ,it just stops responding!
i tried it 6 times but its not going beyond it,just hangs after i manualy declare partion to be used!!

please help me .is my computre has not enough compatibility ?(actually its a bit slow!)

or i am doing something wrong !

thanks!

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

firstly, Its UBUNTU not UBANTU (pronounced OO-BOON-TOO)

anyhoo

Did you MD5 check the iso you downloaded?
Did you verify the CD was ok once booted to?
Did you burn as slowly as you could?

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Andy Ferguson (teknostatik) said : 		#2

With 256 mb of ram you really need the "Alternate iso" rather than the "Desktop iso". It might very well solve the problem you're having.

Regards,

Andy

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

I'd recommend Xubuntu for speed too, Metacity is a bit big for 256Mb RAM in my opinion. Xfce is much more suited (or LXDE). Both are lightweight desktops which will leave more RAM for your apps to run in.

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