[Cialug] Ubuntu Installation Problems

[Todd Pierce]

Lee,

Okay... I'm going to take a stab at using 32-bit Debian.  It doesn't look
like they distinguish between desktop and server versions.  Is there no
difference?

 -Todd

On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 11:07 AM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:

> On Sat, 11 Oct 2014, Todd Pierce wrote:
>
> > Crew,
> >
> > I'm actually being on topic this time.  The deal is that I have to
> install
> > Ubuntu server on my client's machine before Monday.  I'm running into
> > problems.
> >
> > It's a Gateway GT5428, which I assume is a 32 bit machine.  It appears
> the
> > drive is SCSI.
> >
> Pentium? Celeron? Core2Duo? Trying to put a machine like that back into
> service is asking for trouble, ..the best solution would be to upgrade the
> hardware (and much less costly when considering your time investment).
>
> If you really must, you're much better off starting with Debian - the
> 32-bit versions are much more stable than Ubuntu current.
>
> > Version 14 of Ubuntu seems to be the only one that recognizes the
> ethernet
> > hardware.
> >
> Grab another ethernet card off the shelf, .. been there, done that; the
> NIC is the simplest fix.
>
> > First of all, no versions of Ubuntu seem to manage to install GRUB, but
> 14
> > managed to put LILO on.  The entire installation procedure goes fine but
> > then when I boot I end up with this "Gave up waiting for root device"
> error
> > since "/dev/sdg1" doesn't exist.
> >
> Try a SystemRescue disk and see exactly what the kernel detects? I am
> suspicious of /dev/sdg, ..
>
>         HTH,
>
>         Lee
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