Comments on: Xubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron installation & review

By: gio

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:31:23 +0000

Hi Thomas,

Any program able to burn CDs from CD images will be able to do that — the program I cited was just one example. I think that most modern CD burning programs should have an option for burning CDs from iso images.

I am sorry you are having so much trouble. If you are really stuck, I suggest you re-install Windows (I hope you have your XP CD!!) and then try the whole procedure from scratch — it might actually save you time.

Make sure you set the boot order to CD, then hard drive, then your USB or floppy, and try reinstalling Windows. Then follow the instructions provided in this blog article.

Last thing: as it seems you are having serious problems with the alternate CD, try again with the normal version…just be patient, it might take time.

By: thomas

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:52:08 +0000

Hi, I got past the install screen!! After that the computer did not restart as it was supposed to. It just went to the main page. When I took out the live cd and changed the boot order it said that their was nothing to boot. I tried installing again but the same thing happened. I also tried the alternative cd way, but the program i use to burn the cd (cd burner xp) was not able to burn some of the files so I couldn’t do that. I was wondering if there was any other program that can burn the alternate xubuntu file to a cd?

Any help would be appreciated:)

By: gio

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 06:39:39 +0000

Hi guys,

It looks like there are one of two possibilities: your computers do not have enough RAM to run the initial CD, or the Xubuntu on the CD is corrupted.

If you start with a Live CD, and things get stuck, I suggest that you turn everything off, get a new version of Xubuntu on a new CD (make sure you check for corruption as explained above) and try again – but this time, with an alternate version. In this way you should avoid both the RAM overload, and the corruption issue (if that was present to begin with).

Hope this helps!

By: thomas

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:34:10 +0000

When I was trying to download Xubunto 8.04.1 onto my Dell Inspiron 1100 with 256 MB RAM from a CD with a burned Xubunto install file, everything went fine until the installing system box appeared. The bar only went up to 15% and then froze. When I tried to burn the alternate Xubunto file, It said that one of the files could not be put onto the cd-r. I was wondering if there is anyway to stop the freeze, or if there is any way to get the full burn of the Xubunto alternate file.

By: Lars

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:21:05 +0000

Interesting article! I am installing xubuntu on a Dell Dimension 8100 with 256 MB RAM from the Live CD. I started yesterday and the installation is still going on (about 24 hours later). On the sceen I can see the Xubunto logo incl the letters xubuntu and a bar running from left to right and back again in an never ending move. I am not sure if the computer is doing anything or if the installation is in a loop or something like that. The installation started like you decribed up to the picture “bootmenu install” in your article. Then the Linux core was readed to the computer; then black screen with a blinking _ for a long while; then the above described screen with the moving bar.
Do you have any explanations why it takes that long time? Or any hints how to do the installation so it runs like you describe?
BR
Lars-Gösta