[MLUG] Ubuntu Dapper Drake installer bugs

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I've been trying to install Xubuntu on an old PC.  I believe the problems 
I'm having are the same as with Ubuntu.  I'm probably going to quit trying 
now unless someone finds some good info on how to deal with the buggy 
Xubuntu installer.  Problems:

(1) you have to load Xubuntu on a live CD to initiate the installation and 
it takes forever to get started.  This would be OK if it worked, but I 
have to do it over and over again and it always fails.

(2) If the HDD is partitioned in a certain way when the Xubuntu Live CD is 
started, it will crash.  Or so it seems.  When I had / formatted for ext3, the 
live CD would not load Xubuntu, but when I formatted for ext2, it loaded.

(3) After skipping through the partition management part of the installation 
process, the installer stops and tells me that there are errors on the HDD and 
that I must go back and fix them.  If I try to do this, the installer crashes 
and tells me to file a bug report.

Mentioned by another user of Ubuntu installer:

If you don't turn off the screen saver, it will not install (I believed 
this story and did not test it).

If you try to use Ubuntu's partition manager during the installation, the 
installation will fail.  You have to use gparted instead.


Sadly, I can't recommend Ubuntu when I can't get it to work.  I had high 
hopes.

Mike

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