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ubuntu will not install

Asked by MJ

it goes through the instalation processes then sais i/o error in dm1 then a big long number that keeps going up and up on the screen i have windows xp on this machine with no problems it is a asus a7v KT133 chipset with ata 100 support on the board..... any ideas.... i realy want to use ubuntu..... if i could get it to wrok on my machine oh it is a duron 900mgh with 512 of memory and a ati 9600 all in wonder.... hoping to make it a media server oh and alll i have at home is dialup....

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JW (ecspike) said : 		#1

Have you tried to check the disk for errors? It's an option at the first screen. It's possible it was a bad burn.

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Dinerty (dinerty) said : 		#2

Check for bad burn, also you could try installing the alternate CD installiation, this is text based, but a popular choice if the original LiveCD has problems.

http://www.ubuntu.com/download

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