Re: [ubuntu-uk] unable to install 10.04.1

2010-10-03 Thread Jacob Mansfield
the kernel was panicking, about my hard drive dyeing! he told the commanding officer and he broke the hunting ban, by killing a firefox! On 2 October 2010 17:10, Daniel Case wrote: > The lights flashing generally mean that the computer had a kernel panic > which can be caused by a lot of things.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] unable to install 10.04.1

2010-10-02 Thread Barry Titterton
On Sat, 2010-10-02 at 16:17 +0100, Norman Silverstone wrote: > I have just finished trying to install 10.04.1 onto an old desktop > computer belonging to a friend of mine and failed to do so. The > installation started OK and then the red and white dots froze and the > Caps Lock and Scroll Lock lig

Re: [ubuntu-uk] unable to install 10.04.1

2010-10-02 Thread Yorvyk
On Sat, 02 Oct 2010 16:17:27 +0100 Norman Silverstone wrote: > I have just finished trying to install 10.04.1 onto an old desktop > computer belonging to a friend of mine and failed to do so. The > installation started OK and then the red and white dots froze and the > Caps Lock and Scroll Lock l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] unable to install 10.04.1

2010-10-02 Thread Barry Drake
On Sat, 2010-10-02 at 16:17 +0100, Norman Silverstone wrote: > I have just finished trying to install 10.04.1 onto an old desktop > computer belonging to a friend of mine and failed to do so. The > installation started OK and then the red and white dots froze and the > Caps Lock and Scroll Lock lig

Re: [ubuntu-uk] unable to install 10.04.1

2010-10-02 Thread Daniel Case
The lights flashing generally mean that the computer had a kernel panic which can be caused by a lot of things. Does regular 10.04 work? You could try and modify the boot parameters on the CD to find out where it is going wrong. I believe you can press F6 during bootup, press "e" on the boot option

Re: [ubuntu-uk] unable to install 10.04.1

2010-10-02 Thread Jacob Mansfield
I had a similar problem, It turned out that my hard drive was dieing On 2 October 2010 16:17, Norman Silverstone wrote: > I have just finished trying to install 10.04.1 onto an old desktop > computer belonging to a friend of mine and failed to do so. The > installation started OK and then the re

[ubuntu-uk] unable to install 10.04.1

2010-10-02 Thread Norman Silverstone
I have just finished trying to install 10.04.1 onto an old desktop computer belonging to a friend of mine and failed to do so. The installation started OK and then the red and white dots froze and the Caps Lock and Scroll Lock lights on the keyboard kept flashing on and off. I am confident that the