So I decided to try this thing called Ubuntu today, not sure what it means. It’s a version of something called ‘Li-nux’. I wish! As people who keep up with the tech news know, the new version of Ubuntu came out within the last few weeks, Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn.
I downloaded it this morning, and enjoyed the speed of my internet, and went to install it. After a short install process, I rebooted into it, and that’s where I hit the problems. The output said that modprobe has exited abnormally, which could have meant anything. After much googling, and frustration, and even a photograph of the error (found here), I went to Freenode to ask for help. I was answered with suspicions that modprobe was segfaulting, and its an error that happens sometimes when using the desktop install.
So here I am, waiting for the alternative iso to download, so I can install ubuntu later; live fixing my wordpress blog (which is the current svn) and actually writing this post. I’ll post tomorrow, hopefully from within Ubuntu itself.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackI installed Ubuntu for the first time 4 weeks ago. I’m not geeky and knew little about Linux. Here’s a tip: send away for the free CD (of Feisty). I had no luck in burning a useable copy. The CD is guaranteed to work OK. Don’t bother with other options. It will take 1-2 weeks for delivery and since you can double boot from the CD it’s a great way to sample Ubuntu’s ways.
While you wait, prep your hard drive by giving a thorough clean out and fix up. Then back up on disc anything that’s really important to you in case there are prob;lems or you decide to hang onto Ubuntu for good. Also read through the DIY by Googling “Ubuntu installation” and checking through the Ubuntu forums. ..and read all you can about the “live” CD of Feisty.
Then proceed. Trust me, beiong prepared is preferable than not.
Its not my first time installing Linux, I think I’ve installed over it over 100 times in the last two years, ranging from Gentoo, to Ubuntu, to CentOS. I finished downloading and burnt the alternative cd to disk, and tried that. And it wouldn’t even boot, giving exactly the same error. I had already tried the previous disk for defects, which it didn’t have any, so I have to conclude that its either a problem with Ubuntu Fiesty, or my PC.
I seem to remember that booting in the livecd, chrooting to the installed version, then updating the kernel packages from the net fixed this problem. I just hit it again, so I’m trying this now.
Sometime in the next week when I reinstall Ubuntu on that PC, I’ll try it again. At the moment I’m waiting for a new PSU on it.
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