gjringo wrote:Read through this thread:
http://forumubuntusoftware.info/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5774&start=0 for more suggestions on installation problems.
I suspected that my DVD Rom drive was faulty and plugged in a USB external DVD Rom for installing the burnt images from. This in most instances has solved my installation problems.I can burn images successfully on my original DVD drive but sometimes the burnt disc will not install from it, however the same disc will install from the external drive. If I can`t install from disc I try installing the same .iso image from unetbootin.
Thanks for the suggestions,
However I too have tried all but an external DVD drive as I do not own one, I have tried installing via unetbootin and still no luck. I have tried both Ultimate Edition as well as regular Ubuntu and the newer Ubuntu's will not install either, I suspect that their kernel does not like my hardware, they seem to make some irrational decisions as to what they decide to compile into their custom kernels. Over the years I have constantly had issues with Ubuntu, hardware that worked out of the box no longer would work after putting the latest updated version of Ubuntu. I am sorry but I would rather have a somewhat bloated kernel and from update to the next so that all the previous hardware would continue to work from update to update. This is not the first issue I have had with Ubuntu.
I would like to thank everyone's efforts and suggestions. However I think what is going on is way above our pay grades and we will never be able to solve it on our own. I think the issue lies with the very fast release schedule that Canocal has placed on the developers to get the next update out the door. I would rather that a release not come out until it is truly ready, I could care less if this happens in 6 months, a year or even two years if that is what it takes. I am sure I am not the first one to have major issues with installing Ubuntu with most just moving on to the next distro hoping to find one that actually works. I regretfully have given up on Ubuntu and thus Ultimate Edition, I really liked the broad selection of packages that Ultimate Edition includes with its releases. At the moment I have Mepis Linux installed, everything worked out of the box using the same DVD drive to burn the images as was used for Ultimate Edition and Ubuntu. I will not be using Mepis for long as I do not care for the new KDE.
I have been using Linux off and on for quite a while now, I think my first distro was Suse 6. I have come to the place where I find that using the various distros leaves something to be desired. There always seems to be a deal breaker after living with one for a while. I also want to become more informed about Linux and want to try to learn shell scripting so even though it will involve lots of effort and time on my part I have decided to build a Gentoo system, first on my Dell Precision M6300 laptop and then later on my desktop. I have a few older systems here, I think I have 3 as well as my home theater box that I can put together as a compile farm so that the larger packages will not take so long to compile. My desktop is an i7 with 12 GB of DDR3 ram and my home theater box is a Core2 Quad 2.8 Gz with 8 GB of DDR2 ram, so these will probably be pretty speedy doing compiles along with my laptop that has a Core 2 Duo X7900 at 2.8 Gz with 4 GB of DDR2 ram. I am retired now so I have plenty of time so I figured that I ought to do something constructive with my time.
Thanks once again for your help with this issue.
Robert B.
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Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 5:06 pm