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How do/can I install Ubuntu 11.10 on my unformatted machine?

Asked by Marc DuBois

I have an older machine with 2 hard drives that I used the windows CD to delete all the partitions I had.

 I downloaded the Ubuntu 11.10 and burned the CD and tried to boot the machine to it. As you can guess, ... that didn't work :)

What step/parts do i need to do to fix this? If i can find my old bootuo floppy will that work?

Thanks
Marc

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

Please verify your old pc meet the minimum system requirements to install Ubuntu
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements

Please tell do you have verified the md5sum of downloaded iso image before to burn to the cd ?
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM

How to burn
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto

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Marc DuBois (gino98) said : 		#2

On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 8:10 PM, marcobra (Marco Braida) <
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> Your question #192463 on ubiquity in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+question/192463
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> marcobra (Marco Braida) requested more information:
> Please verify your old pc meet the minimum system requirements to install
> Ubuntu Yes
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements
>
>
> Please tell do you have verified the md5sum of downloaded iso image before
> to burn to the cd ? No, I, opend the iso image and it opened my burning
> software. i burned it that way and it verified the burn.
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM
>
>
> How to burn
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto
>
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> this email or enter your reply at the following page:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+question/192463
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Marc DuBois (gino98) said : 		#3

Yes,my machine meets the requirements. 2.4GHz Pentium, 1GB Ram, 70GB Hard
drive

I verified the md5sum. ( c396dd0f97bd122691bdb92d7e68fde5 )

I burned the cd, and I can see all the files now.

On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 8:26 PM, Marc DuBois <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Your question #192463 on ubiquity in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+question/192463
>
> Status: Needs information => Open
>
> You gave more information on the question:
> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 8:10 PM, marcobra (Marco Braida) <
> <email address hidden>> wrote:
>
> > Your question #192463 on ubiquity in Ubuntu changed:
> > https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+question/192463
> >
> > Status: Open => Needs information
> >
> > marcobra (Marco Braida) requested more information:
> > Please verify your old pc meet the minimum system requirements to install
> > Ubuntu Yes
> > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements
> >
> >
> > Please tell do you have verified the md5sum of downloaded iso image
> before
> > to burn to the cd ? No, I, opend the iso image and it opened my burning
> > software. i burned it that way and it verified the burn.
> > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM
> >
> >
> > How to burn
> > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto
> >
> > --
> > To answer this request for more information, you can either reply to
> > this email or enter your reply at the following page:
> > https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+question/192463
> >
> > You received this question notification because you asked the question.
> >
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Best marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#4

Please BE SURE to burn the iso onto the cd as image and not as data...

Please tell is your computer booting from cd

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Marc DuBois (gino98) said : 		#5

My neighbor had a working CD. I didn't burn the ISO image correctly.

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Marc DuBois (gino98) said : 		#6

Thanks marcobra (Marco Braida), that solved my question.