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Rob Beard writes: > jon.davey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> Jennifer Ockwell writes: >>> My bf has one of those and finds that he needs to use the alternative disc. >>> Jen >> ...alternative disk? > It is an Ubuntu installation disc which uses a text-only installation > program. It's not as friendly as using the Live CD to install but it is > a good alternative for certain situations (for instance when the Live CD > doesn't work). It's about a 700MB ISO image here: > http://releases.ubuntu.com/9.04/ubuntu-9.04-alternate-i386.iso > Hopefully this installation guide should help with installing from the > alternative CD: > https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/installation-guide/i386/index.html ...the thing is because I can't access the harddrive I can't download anything...I've tried... > > On the other hand, where abouts do you live Jon, if you're near to > Torbay then maybe coming along to the LUG meet in Paignton might be an > option? > Ta, > Rob > ...no wheels at the moment and it's a fair jaunt to Pingnton from here. I bought a 'ready made' CD from a guy on eBay for 99p which should be turning up any time now. Hopefully this will give me a full working instillation... JOn. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html