[GRLUG] Ubuntu live and install issues

[brad]

I have heard that Kanotix is very fast and runs on about any
hardware.
http://kanotix.com/index.php?&newlang=eng
http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/05/03/1816209
http://www2.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~bading/cpx-mini/

--- Original Message ---
From: "Bill Creswell" <billcreswell at gmail.com>
To: grlug at grlug.org
Subject: Re: [GRLUG] Ubuntu live and install issues

>With any distro I have tried, I have varied success and failures
with boot
>and display on different machines. You will find the Ubuntu live
too slow t=
>o
>be interesting on any machine.
>
>(For live CD's I like SLAX and Austrumi 1.2, both based on
slackware, and
>fast enough to be useful).
>
>I have several of the distributed CD's if you want one. And
several other
>distro's you could try. (anybody want to start a library somewhere)
>
>If it came up on the older machine, I would probably rule out CD
write
>issues.
>
>On 5/14/06, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I downloaded the "live" and "install" versions of
>> Ubuntu 5.10,  and then "burned" the image on to an
>> R/W  CD using Nero.
>>
>> The live version comes up,  but eventually gets
>> in to trouble with the display.   I get a rather confused
>> looking display,  and for all practical purposes the
>> system is wedged.  I ran the same CD on a much
>> older machine.  It came up fine,  but was far too
>> slow to be interesting.
>>
>> The install CD and a blank hard drive results in
>> "Press a key to reboot."   I press a key,  and get back
>> to the same message.  As many times as I care to play.
>> This also occurs on the older machine.
>>
>> I'm mostly interested in the install.  Does anyone
>> have any thoughts on what might be going on here?
>> Just for kicks,  I tried the "make bootable disc" option
>> on Nero,  but the result is the same.  Is there anything
>> more to making the CD than using the "burn image"
>> option?  Might there be any conceivable issue in
>> using an R/W media?
>>
>>     -Bob
>>
>>
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