Playaa December 20, 2006 Share Playaa Member December 20, 2006 I've been trying to dual-install into Ubuntu on my new machine (cause I'd love to switch to Linux completely if it's possible) but I can't even get the install cds to work. I burned the iso, it boots into it but then it always stops at one part of the install and never progresses past that. I realize I'm not giving much info and will try to get more tomorrow...but for now, does anyone know of a way to install Ubuntu FROM XP rather than booting to an install cd? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOFX December 20, 2006 Share NOFX Member December 20, 2006 you can't install from XP. What part does it freeze on? I know on my machine that I have to boot with safe graphics because once it finishes installing, it starts loading the window manager and will freeze. What I do is... Just boot from the ubuntu CD. Do the live version and don't install. You can then install ubuntu while playing around in the live version. It may not get your video card drivers right, but it will work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-=SKArface=- December 20, 2006 Share -=SKArface=- Member December 20, 2006 you can't install from XP. What part does it freeze on? I know on my machine that I have to boot with safe graphics because once it finishes installing, it starts loading the window manager and will freeze. What I do is... Just boot from the ubuntu CD. Do the live version and don't install. You can then install ubuntu while playing around in the live version. It may not get your video card drivers right, but it will work. Agreed. Using the safe graphics mode for the install solves many issues with the install hanging. Not sure why, it wasn't really an issue before Dapper. I haven't tried the LiveCD with the newest version though. Another option is to use the free version of VMware. You don't have to dual boot, and you can run your linux install from within XP. It is a good deal slower than running linux natively, but you do get the ability to try out many different distirbutions without having to reformat you drive etc. There are even quite a few pre-packaged virtual machines that you can try without having to go through the install yourself. http://www.vmware.com/products/free_virtualization.html - links to their free products VMware Player - lets you load a pre-defiend virtual machine image (like the ones from the link below) VMware Server - lets you create your own VMs. (It does more than that, but for most users this is the main difference) http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/cat/45 - list of some of the pre-installed vmware OS images. I've been using vmware at work for the last 4 years or so. I can run around 5 virtual computers on my desktop. Makes developing our software much easier. Without it I'd need 5 extra computers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher December 20, 2006 Share Preacher Member December 20, 2006 Oh I thought it was that guy from the African lottery commission that keeps asking for my checking account info so he can give me my millions. I keep telling him to fly it out to me, that I'll pay for it out of my winnings, but he doesn't want to come to our beautiful country for some odd reason lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appalachian_fox December 20, 2006 Share appalachian_fox Member December 20, 2006 Heck, just use VMWare unless you have a real compelling reason to have the OS run directly on the hardware. It's free, it's easy, you can run pretty much as many OSes as you want concurrently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutters December 20, 2006 Share stutters GC Alumni December 20, 2006 yeah, i use vmware for a couple local services (asterisk, etc.). use either that or the live cd to feel out whether or not a full switch would be right for you. if it is, skip the dual boot, and go fully linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metallurgic December 21, 2006 Share Metallurgic Member December 21, 2006 I would also go DVD instead of multiple cds, for simplicity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playaa December 21, 2006 Author Share Playaa Member December 21, 2006 well I found out the initial problem. I was installing the wrong Ubuntu cd. I was trying to install the "alternative" cd which installs a text-based or "OEM" system...whatever that means. But I tried with the CORRECT CD last night and it never gets past the Ubuntu startup screen (during the install). I let it sit for 10 minutes and it did nothing. No clue what's wrong with it. I'll check out VMWare though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appalachian_fox December 21, 2006 Share appalachian_fox Member December 21, 2006 VMWare might not help with the boot hang problem...It just makes it easier to run other environments. IF it doesn't help, did you run a hash on the .iso you downloaded? Presumably you downloaded an .iso... Anyway, usually there's some hash over the file on or near where you download it (Fedora Core uses SHA1, for example). You can get programs that will quickly compute the hash over the file you download and you can compare the two. This makes sure there's no corruption that was missed during the download. I had a Fedora Core 4 CD that simply would not work, no matter how many times I downloaded, verified, burned and verified it or how many computers I tried it on. I ended up doing a vanilla install and YUMming everything. If all else fails... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playaa December 21, 2006 Author Share Playaa Member December 21, 2006 well, it's also a copy of the absolute latest Ubuntu build (6.10 I think) so I might go with the last build that is more "stable" (6.06) and see how that works out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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