Hi Brad,

At times, there are some distributions which won't get installed. These are
usually small not very well known and tested distributions. I once tried
installing Kubuntu onto one of the computers and it failed to install, though
Ubuntu got there nicely. Similarly, Xandros Open Circulation edition had the
same trouble with this particular computer. I tried several distributions and it
was Mandrake 10.1 which finally worked flawlessly. Mandriva 2006 has got some
serious unresolved issues. I tried installing the Mandriva 2006 Powerpack
edition which I bought and it failed to work on my Laptop which was happily
running Mandriva LE 2005. I later on got Mandriva 2006 Free that came with this
month's Linux For You magazine. Installation was not an issue here by till date
I am unable to configure the X window to work. I am still trying to find a
solution.

My advice would be to try Mandriva LE 2005 on the system once and see. Because
that is one version that has never let me down under any circumstances. Mandriva
2006 is very different from Mandriva 2005 or for that matter Mandrake Linux.
Because Mandriva 2006 onwards, moduled from Connectiva and Lycoris have also
been included and they have replaced Mandrake's original modules at many places.
Propaply there is where the problem lies.

Anyways, coming back to your problem. Try Mandrive LE 2005 or if you have
Mandrake 10.1 or earlier. But as Himanshu suggests, it is important to rule out
any problem with hard disk or the partitioning. Rule that out first before you
proceed with another fresh installation.

That's it for now. Keep us all posted about this one and let us all know what
comes out.

Cheers
-Tarun



> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brad Stone" <bmestone@...>
> To: SunCityJodhpurLUG@...
> Subject: Re: [SunnyLUG] Digest Number 551
> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 19:44:09 +0000
>
>
> Hello people,
> I've been out spreading the word of Linux and have run into a problem.
> I'm trying to set up a Linux PC for this social project in town, but I think
> there is something wrong with the hard-drive. The Ubunto disk they had dies
> on install just after the disk partitioning stage, and the Mandriva disk I
> brought over (because Mandriva is said to be one of the more robust
> installers) dies at about the same point.
> The Ubuntu live disk works perfectly, I just can't install a proper version
> onto the hard-drive. There's something wrong with it. Any hints or pointers
> on fixing a hard-drive? Obviously there's no OS on the computer now, so a
> self-booting disk-checker CD or something would be good.
> I've advised the admin to reinstall Windows XP and to run the MS disk
> checker command ("dskchk :c /f"). Though I am yet to see if this works, so
> any advice, guidance or feedback from you guys would be VERY appreciated.
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Brad

>



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