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[Nogg3r5]

Im downloading that now. I urge everyone to get it...just to make my torrent faster 

[El Guru (Al)]

Okay I'll recycle an old thread instead of starting a whole new one.  I have not had much success downloading the ISO.  I thought it download successfully and I had put it on a CD but when I tried to boot from the CD I got a failure message and it proceeded to boot from the hard drive.  Now, I am not sure if that message meant it just couldn't boot from the CD-Drive or the ISO on the CD was bad.  I am looking at ordering a CD but I see it can take up to 10 weeks!  Anyone have any other suggestions?

[Chris Rossini]

You need to make sure that your computer is set to boot from your CD first, rather than your hard drive.

You can do this by adjusting the boot sequence in your BIOS.

If you've already done this, then I don't know what the problem could be.

[Richard]

When put the CD in - select Check CD for defects then tell you if the CD haves any problems if so it will say. Also burn at 1x -4x

[El Guru (Al)]

Okay, I had to setup the BIOS to only boot from the CD and nothing else to get it to to boot.  I was able to boot using the OEM Windows XP CD.  So I tried again with the Ubuntu CD I made and it failed (then proceeded to boot from the HD which I thought was interesting since I had not specified it could boot from the HD).  So I'll try again to burn but at a slower speed.

[El Guru (Al)]

Thanks to PDecker, I downloaded and used CDBurnerXP Pro and was able to burn the ISO on to a CD.  So, I am little further ahead now...I can boot from the CD and I get the Ubuntu Startup Screen.  However when I make a selection such as install or check cd for defects it loads/initializes a couple files then goes to a blank black screen with the cursor flashing in the upper left corner.  Nothing happens after this point.  So, any ideas what I am doing wrong.  Note: if I select the option but from hard drive then I can at least get into Windows.

[spock1982 (Ernie)]

It really sounds like you may still have a bad burn on that CD.

[El Guru (Al)]

On the Ubuntu forum they recommended I download the alternative. I tried earlier but it ended up download incomplete.  I'll try again in a few days, I am in no hurry right now.

[Ryan Wagner]

It definitely sounds like there was an error in your download, so I would guess that you would have to redownload it. You could get one of the MD5 apps listed here:
http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/12/05/cybernotes-calculating-md5-sha-1-and-crc-hash-values/

to see if it matches the Ubuntu MD5 hash:
50f3655fbcbdba9746d4b05ad8705b0b *ubuntu-7.04-alternate-amd64.iso
ff0cc7c9ed5157f0ff8c0f2213973f49 *ubuntu-7.04-alternate-i386.iso
a2b159599b69cea51371eee1ec5feda6 *ubuntu-7.04-desktop-amd64.iso
e296e3468358789904097fc8df29609a *ubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso
8a1099f5fa8eaf4ee295bf0087c8b03a *ubuntu-7.04-server-amd64.iso
cf462501e2dc1b82b96dfc497a0404a2 *ubuntu-7.04-server-i386.iso
e016f1e3322848af98d01eae2688568c *ubuntu-7.04-server-sparc.iso

[Nogg3r5]

For future referrnce. If you use firefox, dont install 64-bit ubuntu. There are no Flash or java plugins for that version

**goes to reinstall ubuntu**

[Ryan Wagner]

I think that 64-bit operating systems are still a little behind when it comes to drivers and compatible software, so despite all of my computers being 64-bit compatible I still stick with the 32-bit operating systems where I know I won't have troubles.

[Nogg3r5]

Yeah well I went to reinstall with the 32bit version, but it doesnt like my network card for some reason. So i stayed on the 64bit vertsion and a slightly hacked firefox

[spock1982 (Ernie)]

I think that 64-bit operating systems are still a little behind when it comes to drivers and compatible software, so despite all of my computers being 64-bit compatible I still stick with the 32-bit operating systems where I know I won't have troubles.

I agree with Ryan. I have never had much luck with 64 bit OS's either. I tried the 64 bit version of XP Pro a few years ago and the drivers were terrible.

[Ryan Wagner]

Hopefully things pick up for the 64-bit though, because I heard the next version of Windows will probably only be offered in 64-bit.

[spock1982 (Ernie)]

I am sure things will change. I see Windows as well as other applications moving to the 64 bit architecture. It is just taking longer than was predicted a couple years ago.