[ALUG] Installation conundrum

[cl at isbd.net]

I'm having trouble installing *any* Linux on a system here.

Well, not quite any Linux but I want something that's "easy to use"
for a non-techie user.

I have lots of distributions on CD and have tried several.

    All the various Ubuntu 6.06 distributions simply hang during the
    package install part.

    Mandriva 2006 panics while copying packages from CD to disk.

    Strangely enough Mandrake 8.0 installs OK and so does Slackware
    11.

So what should I do?  Slackware isn't exactly you "new to Linux"
distribution (though it's what I use).  What else can I try that will
be reasonably easy for a new user?

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Chris Green (chris at halon.org.uk)