I want install ubuntu 10.10 on my desktop. But it will not install all the way?

Could you provide error messages ?

I don't remember all the error messages. But I will try and reinstall ubuntu 10.10 again and when I get them I will write them down.

Here is the error message I get, It is long! error:the initrd is too big these are the numbers after that. [0.656669] kernel panic- not syncing:VFS:unable to mount fs on unknown-block 8,1 [0.656722] pid:1 comm swapper not tainted 2.6.35-generic#33-Ubuntu [0.656766] call trace [0.656814] [<c05c6468] ? printk+0xd2/0x35 [0.656858] [<c05c63c3>] panic+05a/0xd2 [0.656903] [<c0819e03>] mount_block_root+0x26c [0.656949] [<c0224cfc>] ? sys_mk nod+0x2c/0x30 [0.656993]<c0819efc>] mount_root+0x59/0x5f [0.657036] [<c0819fd3>] prepare_namespace+0x14e/0x192 [0.657081] [<c0217885>] ? sys_access+0x25/0.30 [0.657125 [<c0819467>] kernel_init+0x18e/0x19d [0.657168] [<c08192d9>]? kernal_init+0x0/0x19d [0.657212] [<c010363e>] kernel_thread helper+0x6/0x10 these are all the numbers i get from the error message. So what can I do so I can use Ubuntu on my desktop. Thank you Danny Tenhoff

Could you confirm it failed when you tried to boot from CD ?
You could check MD5 of ISO image: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM , but you were very unlucky if a corrupted CD failed so soon.

Hello Delance, I am unable to use the md5sum on the disc that I have. It said I don't have permissions to preform the task. So I must I have a bad disc, what should I do to fix my problem?

You should be able to proceed to MD5, disk bad or not.
On which operating system did you proceed ?

My problem is not answered yet! I can not check the downloads that I have done after I burn the to cd I try to check them on my computer with ubuntu on it and I get this message: you do not have permission to use the drive or the md5sum. How can I check the cds to make sure that I got a good disk?

On which operating system did you proceed to check MD5 ?

I have said ubuntu 10.10 on my laptop. Why is it so hard for me to get a straight answer from you? I want to know why I am able to ck the disks with the ubuntu 10.10 marketeer operating system. It has been days that I have been trying to get answers from you. So far what you have said does not work for me. Can you call me so I can get this figured out. I had to dismantle the computer that I had built because I had a bad motherboard. But now I want to make sure that the new ubuntu 10.10 desktop I downloaded from the ubuntu site will work. Because the disk I had bought has already failed to load all of the operating system on to the desktop. Can you please have someone call me please. My phone number is 763-439-6437

If you can't install Ubuntu 10.10 on your laptop, you can't use it to check MD5. So question is on which computer did you the test: Ubuntu, Mac or Windows ?

I already have ubuntu 10.10 on my laptop!!!!!! And that is the computer that I have tried to use to check the CD with. It is the same CD that I used to try and check with md5 and it tells me that I don't have permission to use md5. Now because I could not find out if that disk was any good I had downloaded and made new CDs Two with the ubuntu 10.10 laptop and then I used my wife's new computer running windows 7. I am unable to check any of the CDs that I made with the md5. It tells me that I don't have permission. So how do I get permission to check the CDs that I made from the downloads?

You have to check MD5 on ISO image and not CD. If you can't read ISO image, could you run command ls -l <name of file>.iso and post result.

Hello delance. I thank you for the help! I found out that the motherboard was bad, so I returned it. I am waiting for the new motherboard to show up. I did find out that all the ubuntu 10.10 copies I have are bad also. so I order a new CD from ubuntu. I also found out why I could not use the md5. I had a three viruses on my dell laptop. that is the computer that only had ubuntu 10.10 on it. I could not get it out using Clamav anti virus, so I reformatted my hard drive. on my dell and I sent back the motherboard. I am having a bad time with my computers. So thank you delance for triing to help me get them running. I will wait for the new CD and then I will try again to install the ubuntu on my computers.