Help Installing Ubuntu

[SadistAtHeart]

I've installed other Linux distros on some older computers for fun, and I recently decided to switch my regular computer (this) from Windows XP to Ubuntu 7.10. But, during the install process, it just freezes up at 82%. I'll let the picture explain:


At the time of this post it has been stuck on this for about 45 minutes.

This is my second attempt to install, and I fear that either I'm just being impatient and it's just one of those things that takes forever, or my computer is being rather lame. Help?

Nevermind. After nearly an hour it finally managed to complete the installation. I'm just dense.

[koingnegsegg]

Well you might aswel just wait until 8.04 comes out in a few weeks or so. that might fix it or atleast youll have the latest support..

[SadistAtHeart]

Well you might aswel just wait until 8.04 comes out in a few weeks or so. that might fix it or atleast youll have the latest support..

8.04 is already out, but I don't have to means to burn it to a CD and install it right now and my windows partition is, for lack of a better term, pwnt

Derp.

[bja888]

Well you might aswel just wait until 8.04 comes out in a few weeks or so. that might fix it or atleast youll have the latest support..

If by weeks you mean hours ago then I agree with you.

[FliesLikeABrick]

Guys, the reason this stuff is so slow right now is because this version just came out today

Once it is installed switch the mirror you use to lug.mtu.edu and everything will go faster.  When it does "scanning apt repository" or whatever, it is scanning the main Ubuntu mirror.  Right now, tens of thousands of people are downloading hundreds of megabytes of packages from there as they update to the new version.

This happens to everyone during every release.

Normally that step only takes 10 seconds to complete.

[SadistAtHeart]

Guys, the reason this stuff is so slow right now is because this version just came out today

Once it is installed switch the mirror you use to lug.mtu.edu and everything will go faster.  When it does "scanning apt repository" or whatever, it is scanning the main Ubuntu mirror.  Right now, tens of thousands of people are downloading hundreds of megabytes of packages from there as they update to the new version.

This happens to everyone during every release.

Normally that step only takes 10 seconds to complete.

What? I was installing 7.10

[a-4-year-old]

Their servers are taxed from flocks of people, no matter what version.

Bad timing man.

[bja888]

Torrents FTW!
588 seeds, 713 leechers

[FliesLikeABrick]

Their servers are taxed from flocks of people, no matter what version.

Bad timing man.

Yes, it doesn't matter what version you're installing... they all use the same default server and today is a release date for the new version.

Why are you using 7.10 instead of the version that just came out today?

[a-4-year-old]

8.04 is already out, but I don't have to means to burn it to a CD and install it right now and my windows partition is, for lack of a better term, pwnt

Read between the lines.

[koingnegsegg]

I finally picked up a computer for ubuntu to run on its own =D
Gunna install it tonight