On Fri, 2010-05-28 at 11:05 +0100, Simon Royal wrote:

Hi.

I decided to give Ubuntu a whirl on my ThinkPad, that was running Xubuntu.

I used the Alternative installer disc as it is quicker and my ThinkPad only has 296MB RAM.

However, every version of Ubuntu I have tried fails while installing. I tried 9.04 and now I am trying 10.04.

The original CD drive was flakey and nothing would install from it, no versions of Windows or Linux so I put in a new one and XP and Xubuntu 9.10 installed no problem, but Ubuntu still fails.

It fails on the 'select and install software' section. It is a brand new burnt CD, burnt at 4x speed.

Any ideas. I am now without a Linux installation and dont really want to go back to Xubuntu just yet. Failing that I might try and install Linux Mint.

I suspect you've tried something else by now but for future reference there is often a system console on one of the other virtual consoles that can give useful messages to help diagnose this.

Some installers also have a second virtual console with a log from the installer that can also give more insight into what is happening.

You can switch these with Ctrl-Alt and the function keys.

HTH, Steve.