Author: WESEMEYER STEPHEN Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] What would you do,
faced with the following advice re Ubuntu
Hi Lisi,
On 27 September 2010 08:53, Lisi <hantslug@???> wrote:
> On Saturday 25 September 2010 18:27:52 Steve Wesemeyer wrote:
> > It might be more productive if you shared your "failures" with 10.04 in
> > case someone on the list can come up with a solution.
>
> I took you at your word, Steve. I am 25% through installing 10.04 from a
> CD
> supplied by Canonical. (I thought that I should stop relying on CDs burnt
> by
> me
>
> It has given up at:
> <quote>
> The installer encountered an error copying files to the hard disk:
>
> [Errno] input/output error
>
> This is often due to a faulty CD/DVD disk or drive, or a faulty hard disk.
> It
> may help to clean the CD/DVD, to burn the CD/DVD at a slower speed, to
> clean
> the CD/DVD drive lens (cleaning kits are often available from economics
> suppliers),to check whether the hard disk is old and in need of
> replacement,
> or to move the system to a cooler environment.
> </quote>
>
Hm... I guess the LiveCD worked but once you install it falls over?
If your PC is capable of booting from a USB stick, I'd try creating a
bootable USB stick and run the installer from that. At least that would rule
out dodgy DVDs/DVD drives.
Also are you using 10.04.1? After all they did release that last month and
it might have some fixes that you need for your set-up.
