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   Anthony Campbell wrote:   
   > On 2007-02-17, Niklaus Kuehnis  wrote:   
   >   
   >> A friend of mine tried to install ubuntu 6.06 and 6.10   
   >> (alternate-install cds) on a brand-new Siemens Scaleo P, Pentium D   
   >> 2.8 GHz, mainboard ASUS P5SD2-FM, SATA harddisk Seagate ST3250824AS.   
   >> The machine, including the harddisk, works fine with Windows XP.   
   >>   
   >> Installation of ubuntu 6.06 exits with a bluescreen after "trying to   
   >> detect drives and other hardware". Installation of ubuntu 6.10 stops   
   >> when trying to detect drives and hardware with the error message that   
   >> there was "no hard disk".   
   >    
   > [snip]   
   >    
   > It's possible that the CD is faulty. When I was trying to do this   
   > recently the install kept stalling at various points. Then a message   
   > came up making various suggestions, such as cleaning the lens of the   
   > drive and also making the CD at a slower speed. The original one was   
   > made at a speed of 40; I made a new one at 24 and it worked perfectly.   
      
   Ubuntu distributions include a md5sum.txt file.  Set the current   
   directory to the cdrom and run "md5sum -c md5sum.txt".  That will   
   verify the CD.   
      
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