cl@isbd.net wrote:
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?
Sounds like a hardware issue. Set the bios settings to defaults and try again. Is is a fairly new MB? I have helped a friend recently who had Ubuntu which was problematic with a SATA drive. There are various options for Ubuntu that turn of certian hardware detection during install - it is worth checking these out as they can often help. Ubuntu, once it is going is a reasonably good beginners Linux.
Ian