[ale] Ubuntu 6.06 Install Problems

[aaron]

On Thursday 27 July 2006 23:34, Raylynn Knight wrote:
> One for you Ubuntu gurus -
> 
> I have an Ubuntu 6.06 Install DVD.  I have attempted multiple installs
> on a system and the install halts (locks up) at exactly the same point
> with every attempt.  Installing system is at 83% with the message
> Configuring system locales.  The mouse and keyboard are both
> non-responsive.  I've tried installing with the noapic nolapic boot
> options and behavior is identical.  
> 
> Google search and browsing the Ubuntu forums doesn't provide
> enlightenment.  This box was running FC 3 previously with no known
> problems.

I'm not an Ubuntu guru, but I have had lots of experience with video and data 
DVD related problems and I've experienced a similar install hangup due to a 
marginal reader / media failure with another distro that I had burned to DVD.

Is the DVD a burn or pressed? I've frequently been burned by burn media that 
doesn't play nice with certain DVD drives (and which drives work reliably 
with which media is a crap shoot at best). Do you see any physical flaws in 
the dye layer?  Any dirt or visible finger prints?

If the install script has problems reading a file that it thinks exists or 
pulls in a corrupted block of data from an archive I can see how it could 
pretty well hang the whole box. Since it is happening at a consistent point 
in the install, it could be that the disk has a flaw or read problem in the 
area needed at that point in the process.

I would suggest you try a different burn on a different media brand before 
digging too far into the depths of the installation script.

peace
aaron