Re: Need help with Ubuntu

["Scott G. Elliott" <sgelliot@xxxxxxx>]

If you can, bring the laptop by at the next meeting, I am sure there will
be at least one or two people willing to help.

-Scott


On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, S Gowtham wrote:

> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 14:28:21 -0400 (EDT)
> From: S Gowtham <sgowtham@xxxxxxx>
> To: lug-l@xxxxxxx
> Cc: ajwebb@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Need help with Ubuntu
>
>
> Hey guys,
>
> A friend of mine needs some help with Ubuntu. I am
> forwarding his mail (see below).
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Gowtham
>
> --
> S Gowtham
> Grad Student
> Dept of Physics
> Michigan Tech Univ
> Houghton MI 49931 USA
> http://phy.mtu.edu/~sgowtham
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 13:07:38 -0400 (EDT)
> From: ajwebb@xxxxxxx
> To: sgowtham@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Linux ??
>
> G,
>
> For the past few days I have been trying to install
> Ubuntu on my new HP laptop (AMD64). The installation completes
> without any major hitches, but after I type in my user name and password
> the system freezes. Additionally, while booting I get an error saying that
> the hardware clock can not be accessed by any means. I believe the source
> of my troubles originates from one of two places.
>
> First, during installation the network configuration fails. I'm not on any
> permanent network and don't even know what DHCP is. The only way I get on
> the internet is at the local coffee shop (free wireless). At this stage of
> the installation I select "Do not configure network at this time".
>
> Second, I am not confident that I partitioned the hard disk properly. I
> have a 40Gb hard drive. The first 10Gb is selected as "primary", formatted
> as ntfs, and is currently running windows without any problems. The second
> 10Gb is selected as "primary", formated as ext3, bootable and is where I
> am attempting to load ubuntu. The third is 18Gb, "logical", ext3, and is
> the home directory. The remaining 2Gb are swap.  I'm not sure what
> "primary" and "logical" mean.  I am also not sure if the partition that
> I'm loading ubuntu on should be bootable or not.
>
> Maybe you're not familiar with ubuntu, but I figured I'd give it a shot.
> Thanks in advance for any tips you might have.  Hope things are going well
> in Houghton.
>
> -Adam
>