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Ubuntu 8.04 i386-install problems
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Trying to install this version of ubuntu on an older laptop with no OS. I get through the installation process fine and reboot as instructed. Next I get loading grub 1.5 this then changes to starting up and thats it....help.
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what steps did you take to install it?
my guess would be something from a previous install is lingering? (i.e. did you format the partition?, etc...)
my guess would be something from a previous install is lingering? (i.e. did you format the partition?, etc...)
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I just tried installing without any OS in computer. Windows ME was in it and I just wanted to put ubuntu on this system.
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ok, but did you delete the partition, create the partition, format, and install? Or did you just install into the partition (which should still do a format, but it may have done something wrong).
I suggest you try re-installing with a totally clean slate.
I suggest you try re-installing with a totally clean slate.
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OK...I got ubuntu installed by disabling everything in bios and going backwards from there. But I do have one problem from the result of the install.......my touch pad on the laptop is not working...and yes I did enable it in the bios...any ideas????
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Did you try the mouse when using a live CD? Have you tried a newer or older version of Ubuntu?
Do you have a USB mouse to try?
Perhaps Ubuntu doesn't have a driver for the touch pad an older version may or maybe a new version does, can't hurt to try the live CD's.
Do you have a USB mouse to try?
Perhaps Ubuntu doesn't have a driver for the touch pad an older version may or maybe a new version does, can't hurt to try the live CD's.
I don't mind helping but please mark your thread as solved once the problem is sorted. If you figure it out tell us how you did it, don't just abandon your thread!
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Originally Posted by Xlphos 
Did you try the mouse when using a live CD? Have you tried a newer or older version of Ubuntu?
Do you have a USB mouse to try?
Perhaps Ubuntu doesn't have a driver for the touch pad an older version may or maybe a new version does, can't hurt to try the live CD's.
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