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Unable to install last three versions of Ubuntu.

Asked by Fortunato Cardona

First of all, I am not a geek, so any answer provided please use plain English.

I have an Asus mobo (A8R32MVP - Deluxe) with an AMD Athlon64 3700+ cpu, RAID 1 configuration, two X1600XT ATI Crossfire (Pci-e 16) graphics boards, 3GB PC3200-400 RAM, and a Samsung SyncMaster 245BW LCD monitor.
Monitor is the only item which has changed since 7.04 attempted install.

I consider myself somewhat knowledgeable in dealing with computers. I have built seven different boxes and can install and tweak most software.

I have attempted to install both 32 and 64 bit Ubuntu versions (and other distros, also) and can not even get to view LiveCD. Mostly I get, if anything at all, a message about not finding graphics and then death. Sometimes I get a black screen with a blinking cursor.

I have WinXPPro64 also running in same box, on hard drives different from ones Ubuntu install attempts have been made, so I need to maintain RAID.

I do not want to give up on Linux, but can not afford the time I have wasted on it so far.

You guys/girls are my last sliver of hope.

In the words of a drowning man: HELP!!!!!!

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Adam Crosby (adam-uptill3) said : 		#1

Can you boot the 32 bit alternate install CD?

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Fortunato Cardona (fortcard) said : 		#2

Have not attempted that as I understand alternate requires command line entries and I do not know enough about Linux to be able to do this comfortably.

Is there any way to be able to do this using gui?

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Clóvis Fabrício (nosklo) said : 		#3

You understood it wrong. There is no need to use command line entries in alternate.

It is just a different GUI, one that you use the keyboard instead of the mouse, but there are menus and options for everything and I managed to install many times using it without typing a single command.

It is faster too, and to the point.

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Fortunato Cardona (fortcard) said : 		#4

Gee, thanks a lot for the info.

I will download one and try it.

Any suggestions?

Also, are there 64-bit alternates you would recommend?

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Clóvis Fabrício (nosklo) said : 		#5

I've had more trouble with 64bit versions than with 32bit ones.

And my benchmarks didn't result in any significant performance gain. Just a increase in memory usage.

So I am sticking with the 32bits versions, even on my 64bits machines.

YMMV Your Mileage May Vary.

I never did RAID, you will have to search for documentation on that, maybe the installer will autodetect, I just don't know. You can open another question for that if you like.

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