On 05/09/10 14:58, James Takac wrote: > Hi Terry > > On Sunday 05 September 2010 13:48:51 Terry Brock wrote: > >> I use ubuntu on both of my computers and except for normal hicups I have >> found it to work every time I think that whoever started this thread has >> not give th OS and the community a fair go >> >> Terry >> > > Likewise I have 6 pc's with Ubuntu on them. # of them dual booting with > windows. 2 of those with Vista and one with win 7. Ubuntu 10.04 on 2 dual > boot systems working fine. All OS's have their hiccups. I had similar with xp > a few years back. Turned out to be a corrupted download of a service pack at > that point and left me having to reinstall xp from scratch. No matter what OS > is chosen there will be hicups at some point. Mostly minor ones and the > occasional hum dinger. Part of life. It happens > > I'll repeat a Q now for Rob > > Did you verify the checksum after downloading Ubuntu? > Did you run the media check on the disk b4 trying an install? > Did you burn the disk at your lowest possible speed? > > Doing a fast burn can result in a disk that wont read well in less sensitive > drives > Not checking the 1st 2 leaves you open to the possibility that either the > download was corrupted resulting in a faulty disk. or the burn didn't go as > well as should have due an a error at burning time that didn't get picked up > or a possible disk error re the cd you burnt to. I've had cd's fail in the > past for the above reasons. Maybe the your end? > > As you (Rob) also don't give any specifics it's hard to pin down where your > problem is. Thousands of people as far as I know are using 10.04 so your > assertions only really relate to a bad experience your end. If had a dist > upgrade trash my system years ago but that hasn't soured me. These things do > happen on occasion. Sounds like you're quick to blame Ubuntu but not quick > to find out why your prob occurred. It's oft easier to just lay the blame > somewhere and then leave it at that. It takes work to actually go in search > of the real culprit > > Why not help us to help you. The more you can give us re your situation the > better the chance of resolving your prob, e.g. hardware setup, how you burned > the disk, did you check the checksum or run the media check b4 installing, > how did you go about your install,............. The more info the better. I'm > thankful I didn't time a dist upgrade for this morning as the line > transformer blew. Had that happened in the middle of the upgrade I'm sure I'd > have to install from scratch. My point there is that many things can affect > your outcome. Maybe something you didn't notice > > James > > Not sure why you are referring to me in your reply James?
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