Kubuntu, any good?
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x86 would be the right version. AMD64 should work also.
See this page for feisty beta.
**EDIT** forgot to mention there is no need to download the DVD. The CD will work fine, for future reference.
Am I supposed to use a specific program to write it on CD or Nero is fine?
It's the 2nd time I've written it on a disc (once on CD (7.04) the other on DVD (6.10)) and it still gives me the same errors... :doh: I'm not sure whether I have to prepare a partition especially for it or not... In the descriptions at least it was said that I could try it without changing my settings...
I don't get this whole thing...
It's the 2nd time I've written it on a disc (once on CD (7.04) the other on DVD (6.10)) and it still gives me the same errors... :doh: I'm not sure whether I have to prepare a partition especially for it or not... In the descriptions at least it was said that I could try it without changing my settings...
I don't get this whole thing...
True, you can play with it without installing anything, via the liveCD option. I would highly recommend this anyway so you can test your hardware prior to installing. Did you check the MD5 sum of the burned CD or DVD? You can get this information from the download page. That will check the data integrity. NERO should work fine. There should be burning instructions somewhere on the download site also.
What errors are you getting?
donkey42
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It's ok, I know how to write ISOs on CD, I use nero and since it is said that there's no problem using it to write Kubuntu then had a 2nd attempt and it was successful!:cool: . The only thing I don't get is:
Thank you.
Well I searched for it nothing very clear came up reall and the link you gave me donkey42 only allows the download of Kubuntu's different version if I've understood correctly... so my question is: from where do I get this feature (live CD) ?
Thank you.
The "desktop CD" is a liveCD, which is the default download. You put in the CD then you boot into kubuntu and you can play with it. There will be an "install" icon on the desktop, this is what you click when you are ready to install to the harddrive.
donkey42
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goodDambuster said:
Live CDs are bootable CDs[ot]just remember to change the boot priority in the BIOS[/ot] more than a few distro's are available on Live CD's, but there are not too many distro's that are both a Live CD and an instalation CD too, Kubuntu is a distro that is both a Live CD and so is Ubuntu (Kubuntu with Gnome instead of KDE[ot]hence the K in Kubuntu[/ot]exacly what distro do you want Dapper, Edgy or Feisty, or you could look @ DistroWatch for some different *nix's, or are you sure you want Kubuntu ?Dambuster said:
fd0 is your primary floppy drive. Is there a disk in the drive? It's not often that floppy drives give off I/O errors when there is no disk in the drive.
You may also try and disconnect your floppy drive. It's possible that the drive is toast anyway.
donkey42
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fd0 = Floppy disc / drive number 1, a second FDD would be fd1[ot]i don't know why they start counting stuff at 0 (zero) but they do[/ot]Dambuster said:
is there a dammaged floppy disc in your FDD, have you set the CD as the first bootable drive in the BIOS
unlikly but try connecting just 1 HDD[ot]probably as primary master[/ot]Dambuster said:
BTW: i think your system is trying to boot from your FDD, block0 & sector0 are where the MBR (Master Boot Record) lives (i think)
Edit:
true, but for a successful boot of most BIOSs, the FDD must be disabled in the BIOSkenji said: