Linux linux wont install

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  1. n0d4x

    n0d4x What's a Dremel?

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    I have a very old 99' dell p3 with 640mb of ram

    I want to install ubuntu but I put int he disk and boot it wont I went in bios changed it to boot cd drive first


    it just doesnt want to install

    any ideas?


    the disk works I just tested it
     
  2. n0d4x

    n0d4x What's a Dremel?

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    is the newest ubuntu btw
     
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    n0d4x What's a Dremel?

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    anyone? xp wont install either

    man windows 98 BLOWS
     
  4. Drachnem

    Drachnem Minimodder

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    Make sure you burned the disc right.
     
  5. n0d4x

    n0d4x What's a Dremel?

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    not burned disk

    both work too the xp is a legit xp copy and the ubuntu copy is one they sent me *shrug*
     
  6. notatoad

    notatoad pretty fing wonderful

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    how far do you get? can you get to the first screen, or do you just get the "no boot disk" message?
     
  7. n0d4x

    n0d4x What's a Dremel?

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    I dont get ANYTHING at all boots up like normal
     
  8. steveo_mcg

    steveo_mcg What's a Dremel?

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    Does the CD drive work? its getting on a bit wouldn't be surprised if parts if it had started to fail.
     
  9. n0d4x

    n0d4x What's a Dremel?

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    nope cd drive works great


    this is really pissing me off im going to slap another drive in just incase though
     
  10. Fophillips

    Fophillips What's a Dremel?

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    try the alternate install disc
     
  11. n0d4x

    n0d4x What's a Dremel?

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    new cd drive new disk


    I tried a xp disk a win2k disk a xubuntu disk and a ubuntu disk


    not working someone told me they had this problem and they wiped the hardrive and it installed but I dont want to wipe off the old os if I cant install anything else!
     
  12. DougEdey

    DougEdey I pwn all your storage

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    try disabling the hard drive in BIOS, installs should still detect it.
     
  13. n0d4x

    n0d4x What's a Dremel?

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    im going to try that later today
     
  14. Moriquendi

    Moriquendi Bit Tech Biker

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    Have you told it to boot from the optical drive before the hard disk?

    Moriquendi
     
  15. n0d4x

    n0d4x What's a Dremel?

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    yeah I have I tried disabling the hardrive in the bios didnt work


    I think the only way to fix it is to wipe the hardrive or get a new hardrive which I need so I will wait till I can get a bigger hardrive then ill put linux on it
     
  16. notatoad

    notatoad pretty fing wonderful

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    if disabling the hdd in bios didn't fix it, a new hard drive won't fix it either. is the cd drive the master of it's channel?
     
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