Whats the BIg Fuss

[old geezer]

Tried the new cd on several machines and no success
my own laptop IBM a31 no Joy
my own desktop dell 500sc web server no joy
my own old dell gx110 no joy

laptop p4 xp sp2 1 gb ram hangs hangs hangs
desktop xp4p sp2 2 gb ram ne nvidia card ati turned offf in o/s and in bios
old dell XPgx110 sp1 256 ram hang hangs and hangs
no usb's no extra hardware connect to wirless devices

about to Gve up can anyone help as I would love to move from windows particulary on my Dell 500 sc web server.

the magazine is way out or order on the ease of use it describes

Sorry but I know nothing about LInus/UNix and would like to I am 58 years of age and I think it time to move over afetr a lifetimje of windows grief please please help

[aysiu]

Re: Whats the BIg Fuss

Didn't work on three different computers? Sounds as if something's wrong with the CD.

Did you follow these instructions?
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/iso.html

[empcrono]

Re: Whats the BIg Fuss

yeah beleive it or not it took me five times downloading the iso before i got one that wasnt corrupt some times downloading can suck. i agree with aysiu

[dexter]

Re: Whats the BIg Fuss

hi

order it from https://shipit.kubuntu.org/ only takes a few weeks

[old geezer]

Re: Whats the BIg Fuss

hey Thanks to all you guys
The cd is fine, it boots ok but run kubuntu in any mode just hangs and hangs
once I got as far as loading the kernel and it stopped forever on at 100 %.

I guess it is something to do with hardware...
How do I figure this out..well I have successfully installed it on my work pc alongside WinXP it booted fine and installed on on a second 160 gb hard drive
Network and Internet working fine thru proxy server. looking forward to exploring and experiencing the new O/S

on the Dell 500 sc web server it would have been fantastic as I could have given my sons an account on the server separate to the windows installation drive.

at the moment they use shared drive/folder with permissions in windows and thier own ext hard disk.
they also save to my wwwroot folder.

I tried to disable practically everything in bios except that which is required for the o/s to work and boot. It a bog standard pc except I have disabled the ATI grafix and have installed my own Nvidia card gforce 4 mx 4000. it pop grafix up at blistering refresh rate and web cam is a dream to use. It could be this.
Hey guys look forward to posts and contact as I go alaong with this and become a kUBUNTU GURU LIKE YOU FELLOWS.. THANKS