Before posting a question in the forum regarding Install and Boot errors, please make sure you do the following:
1) Make sure you describe the problem in full length detail, including
i) your computer specs,
ii) the exact error message you receive (if any) and what you did to receive the error, what you are trying to do to alleviate it, what you think the error means, etc., and
iii) if the error still persists after a complete re-install of the Kubuntu system. Doing this step makes it easier and faster for us to help you.
Dual Booters READ:
Only do step iii if you know how to do it! You may risk rendering your XP installation useless!
If you are dual booting, and want to do step iii, you have to wipe the partition Kubuntu is on, and reboot with the Windows XP CD in the disk drive, and go to the recovery console. Type map, and fixmbr on the drive which WINDOWS is installed on. This should allow you to fix boot error 22, and proceed to Windows, where you can set up your Kubuntu partitions again.
2) Make sure your hash is right! If the hash is wrong, it could mean one of the files is corrupted, and messin up your install. To check hash, first, download fsum, then extract fsum.exe to your WINDOWS directory. Now open the command prompt, and type cd followed by the path where you downloaded the Kubuntu ISO. eg:
Now run fsum on the kubuntu file. You must put -md5 because the Kubuntu ISO has MD5SUMs on the download page. eg:
Now go to the Kubuntu.org download page, and select your region. Click your region, and scroll down to the directory listing, click the file MD5SUMS, and make sure the your file is the exact same as the bunch of numbers in the MD5SUMS file. A good way to do this and copy one and put it in a notepad document, and copy the other, press enter (for a new line) in the notepad document, and copy the other. That makes it easier to spot differences.
3. Burn at a slow speed! Especially on older hardware. When you using your burning program to burn the ISO as a disk image (because your weren't just going to copy it to a CD were you?) select a slow write speed (the slowest you can, if possible). This not only ensures your disk gets a better burn, but it may also save you a dollar in the long run, becuse you may not have to burn it again.
When you have completed all these steps, let the others know buy prefixing or suffixing your post with a [c] (for [checked!]), putting a [c] in the first line of your post, or telling us in your post that you read the readme.
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1) Make sure you describe the problem in full length detail, including
i) your computer specs,
ii) the exact error message you receive (if any) and what you did to receive the error, what you are trying to do to alleviate it, what you think the error means, etc., and
iii) if the error still persists after a complete re-install of the Kubuntu system. Doing this step makes it easier and faster for us to help you.
Dual Booters READ:
Only do step iii if you know how to do it! You may risk rendering your XP installation useless!
If you are dual booting, and want to do step iii, you have to wipe the partition Kubuntu is on, and reboot with the Windows XP CD in the disk drive, and go to the recovery console. Type map, and fixmbr on the drive which WINDOWS is installed on. This should allow you to fix boot error 22, and proceed to Windows, where you can set up your Kubuntu partitions again.
2) Make sure your hash is right! If the hash is wrong, it could mean one of the files is corrupted, and messin up your install. To check hash, first, download fsum, then extract fsum.exe to your WINDOWS directory. Now open the command prompt, and type cd followed by the path where you downloaded the Kubuntu ISO. eg:
Code:
cd C:\Documents and Settings\Nirvana\My Documents\
Code:
fsum -md5 kubuntu-*.iso
3. Burn at a slow speed! Especially on older hardware. When you using your burning program to burn the ISO as a disk image (because your weren't just going to copy it to a CD were you?) select a slow write speed (the slowest you can, if possible). This not only ensures your disk gets a better burn, but it may also save you a dollar in the long run, becuse you may not have to burn it again.
When you have completed all these steps, let the others know buy prefixing or suffixing your post with a [c] (for [checked!]), putting a [c] in the first line of your post, or telling us in your post that you read the readme.
If you want to add something, click the
button on your left, or click that button.
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