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    Ubuntu Question

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by Mike1434, Mar 2, 2007.

  1. Mike1434

    Mike1434 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok i was going to set this up on another hard drive to try it out before i put it on my main hard drive..... i put the cd in but can i not install it without getting onto another OS because it comes up with errors if i do it from the main menu of the cd on start up?.....
     
    Mike1434, Mar 2, 2007
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  2. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    What? Does it boot off of the CD? Does it give you the "Boot / Install Ubuntu" option? what version of ubuntu did you download? How did you burn it, did you burn it as a disk image, rather than just burning the ISO to the CD as a file?
     
    Pitabred, Mar 2, 2007
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  3. Mike1434

    Mike1434 Notebook Enthusiast

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    thats to many ?'s to answer you've got about 6 different ones in there its hard for me to function and answer all of them at once.
     
    Mike1434, Mar 2, 2007
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  4. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    If you can't pull the information out of that sentence, you don't want to deal with installing Linux. Stick with whatever is already installed on your computer.
     
    Pitabred, Mar 3, 2007
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  5. Gautam

    Gautam election 2008 NBR Reviewer

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    @Mike1434 - Pita is right. Unless you can help us by constructing your problem(s) into sentences, there isn't much we can do. Although Linux is free, it does have a learning curve to it. (Which is arguably the same as for Windows, but since most people start out with Windows, they don't want anther learning period, i.e. to know Linux)
     
    Gautam, Mar 3, 2007
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  6. LIVEFRMNYC

    LIVEFRMNYC Blah Blah Blah!!!

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    :rolleyes:
     
    LIVEFRMNYC, Mar 3, 2007
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  7. justin15

    justin15 Notebook Evangelist

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    Agreed.

    I am playing with Linux myself now.

    Just take the time and answer the questions, or I wouldn't bother asking for help.
     
    justin15, Mar 4, 2007
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