One good reason is that you likely could need a valid install CD for repairs.
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On Mar 9, 2017 4:30 PM, "Stan Gorodenski stanlep@commspeed.net [LINUX_Newbies]" <LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>
> I burned the setup file to a cd on the 2004 vintage machine. The setup
> started working, but now I do not know why. I tried to keep track of
> which disc was which (the 2004 vintage burned disk or the other one) but
> I may have got them mixed up because it is working on the original
> burned disc, if I didn't mix them up. This wouldn't make sense because I
> have tried numerous times to install it on this disc. I could go back
> and put in the other one to see if it also works, but why bother. It is
> working now. I had to terminate the install because it is going to
> detect the IP address, but I do not have the static IP yet. I will be
> getting that next Tuesday.
> Stan
>
> On 3/9/2017 12:33 PM, Stan Gorodenski stanlep@commspeed.net
> [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
> > Okay. I'll try burning it to a cd on my 2004 vintage machine. Maybe that
> > is the problem. I had used the new tower case desk top, less than 2 year
> > old, to burn it since I downloaded Ubuntu with it, but it has a DVD
> > drive. It was my understanding it is supposed to function both as a CD
> > and DVD burner, but maybe it does not work quite like it should for CD's.
> > Stan
> >
> >
> > On 3/9/2017 12:05 PM, 'T. Hunt' roversouth@bellsouth.net [LINUX_Newbies]
> > wrote:
> >
> >> It will reformat if you chose that option. If it froze at the language
> >> screen, you didn't get that far yet.
> >>
> >> Tom
> >>
> >> On 3/9/2017 11:34 AM, Stan Gorodenski stanlep@commspeed.net
> >> [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> I had a previous post about a web server and Linux. I decided to learn
> >>> about installing Linux and creating a web server using my 2004 vintage
> >>> Pentium 4 desktop. Once I understand everything and get it to work, if I
> >>> then think I need a new computer, then I can get it.
> >>>
> >>> I could not use ver 16 of Ubuntu because it is 800M in size and my blank
> >>> cd disk can only handle up to 700M. The desktop does not have a dvd
> >>> drive, only a cd drive. So, I downloaded ver 14 which is less than 600M.
> >>> I tried installing it last night and it got hung up on the first page,
> >>> the language page. The Enter key does not work, the arrow keys do not
> >>> work, and the mouse is not active. I left it this way overnight and it
> >>> still was hung up and so Ubuntu was not in the process of doing
> >>> something. It is just hung up for some other reason. The hard drive is
> >>> 30G and has Windows XP on it. All the programs on it use up almost all
> >>> this space. Does Ubuntu require a reformatted drive to install to? I
> >>> thought it would reformat the disc itself.
> >>> Stan
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
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