Computer Hope
Software => BSD, Linux, and Unix => Topic started by: I Shooter on May 05, 2010, 01:38:55 AM
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I installed an older version of ubuntu (9.04)and was asked to up date, I did. After up dating it cleaned up some files and nothing worked after that. I tried to reinstall it and was told that I needed to clean the disk. So I down loaded the newest ubuntu and tried to install it. The live CD comes up and works great. I try to install it and get an error (could not start device/dev/mapper/asr_pictures-no such file or directory) and it won't let me install it. This comes up after giving the key board info.I was using a USB then changed to a PS/2 that didn't help. This was the same error I got when I tried to install the newest Linux Mint. I know I can clean the old CD and use it to install the older ubuntu and that will work. Then it will run out of support soon. I need help getting the new one installed. Please help. Thank you for your time.
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Try seeing if your Ubuntu 9.04 will not give you an error. If ubuntu 9.04 does give you an error then try maybe formatting your disk with a formatting app (such as http://partitionlogic.org.uk/download/index.html) and then restart the installation. Let us know how that turns out.
If Ubuntu 9.04 installed successfully then 10.04 should too. I think it's a disk partition problem.
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There is some information missing in the first post.
We need to know something about the history of his computer .This can make a difference. Is this a laptop? Has there been any hardware errors with this computer?
Assuming that it's a desktop, and not a laptop there is an easier way to get to the heart of the problem. You just stick in a fresh, clean hard drive and tried to install to the fresh clean hard drive. If that works, then you know that there was something wrong with the old hard drive or maybe the partition table had been corrupted.
The only reason I mention this is because I have had this kind of problem before when trying to do installation of anything on a hard drive that gave me trouble before. Sometimes the hard drive is flaky, but in some cases the partition table has been really messed up by some other programs or operating systems.
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Today I went out to get a disk cleaner. The local stores didn't have one. So I stopped by the game shop and asked them and they told me to use Windex and a micro cloth. I did and installed ubuntu 9.04. Every thing went just as it should. All is well with this install. Life is good. ;D ;D Now if I up date this ubuntu to the latest then I think it will all quit working like last time. ??? The reason I say this is because if I don't let it clean the system up it is going to use the new stuff any way so it still will not work. The computer I am using has an Intel 2.2 cpu Intel mother board, I don't remember the number. I will get it if I have to. I do have a video card, nvideo I think, not a real good one, 4GB of ram. I put this unit together for the grand kids to play games on. It is about a year or so old. It works fine with windows. I installed a second hard drive to play with linux. It works great with ubuntu 9.04. When they come over I will just hook up the other hard drive and all is well with them. I have other OS that I got from On- Disk that install and work. It seem like if I down load it and burn to disk it will not work. Oh the DVD player is a Pioneer. I did read that there could be a problem using DVDRW that I needed to use a CDR. Could that be the problem? I really don't think that is it because why will the up grade kill the system? The up grade is down loaded to the system. As far as the DVD player being bad it down loaded games and a bunch of other stuff in windows with no problems. It has down loaded the up dates for ubuntu with no problems. I don't know what to do. I can change out the DVD player I have a new one here. I just don't think that is going to help. Do you have any ideas? Oh this computer is a desk top and has had no problems at all.
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Glad to hear you got it going.
A word about RW drives. Never use them for things that are very important. They should be used for testing and for temporary storage. But even then, you take a chance. My personal preference is to use them just for him MP3 files that I want to listen to once or twice and then erase the CD RW.
A good quality CD - R. is a small investment for something you want to use over again. And they burn faster anyway.
Frankly, I am not familiar with how to do updates to the Ubuntu system. My feeling is that I would just get a full version of the next level and install it. I have had good results with the 9.10 and I'm going to hold off on using the latest version. There is a reason why they keep these archives are round. Sometimes it turns out that one of the older versions is more stable and reliable than the newer release. I do not know if that's true of the Ubuntu, but it certainly is a possibility.
What I would do is stick with what works. That's why I'm sticking with the 9.10 version. But if you find the 9.04 version as reliable, I don't see any reason to change.
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I have had good results with the 9.10 and I'm going to hold off on using the latest version. There is a reason why they keep these archives are round. Sometimes it turns out that one of the older versions is more stable and reliable than the newer release. I do not know if that's true of the Ubuntu, but it certainly is a possibility.
What I would do is stick with what works. That's why I'm sticking with the 9.10 version. But if you find the 9.04 version as reliable, I don't see any reason to change.
9.10 was supposed to be the most buggy Ubuntu release ever, there are still bugs that have not been fixed. I kept 9.04 which I really liked and never upgraded to 9.10. Now that I've skipped 9.10 I'm going to upgrade to 10.04 which is really nice.
if you find the 9.04 version as reliable, I don't see any reason to change.
The problem is that support for 9.04 will end this November. It would be best for I Shooter to get 10.04 now and have it supported for 3 years.
I did and installed ubuntu 9.04. Every thing went just as it should. All is well with this install. Life is good. ;D ;D Now if I up date this ubuntu to the latest then I think it will all quit working like last time. ???
Now I would try to install 10.04 from your CD. When installing just tell it to format the drive (assuming Ubuntu is the only OS on this drive) and install 10.04 on it. You could upgrade to 9.10 and then to 10.04 but this is not the recommended way to do this. You are better off doing a "clean install" of 10.04 onto your computer. And it might be a safe idea to try this with another CD drive.
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The only reason I can see to change is because it's only supported for about one more year, that is 9.04. I like it better than what I saw of the new one, 10 what ever. That is the only reason I can see to up grade, is the support. If it isn't supported you can't get up dates for stuff if you have to do a reinstall like I just had to. I have a question. How do you reset the text size. I found it be for. This time I am having no luck finding it.
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The only reason I can see to change is because it's only supported for about one more year, that is 9.04. I like it better than what I saw of the new one, 10 what ever. That is the only reason I can see to up grade, is the support. If it isn't supported you can't get up dates for stuff if you have to do a reinstall like I just had to. I have a question. How do you reset the text size. I found it be for. This time I am having no luck finding it.
9.04 is only support for 6-7 more months. I don't what you did not like about 10.04, is it the theme or something? Actually to be honest I'm perfectly happy with my 9.04 right but I am going to switch to 10.04 this month because 9.04 is almost at end of life. I'd try installing 10.04 like I mention in the last post with a different cd drive if you have one.
To change font size: go to System>Preferences>Appearance. Click to Fonts tab.
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I will give it a try with my other computer and with CD-R and let you know how it goes. Thank you much for your help.
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It didn't work. I down loaded the 10.04 to the desk top and burned it to a CD. I got the same error message when I tried to install it. That was on a hole different system. Faster CPU, faster ram and a Sony DVD. I guess I will just buy it from On-Disk. I don't know why I can't make it work by down loading it.
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Do you have a RAID controller?
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Not on this computer. I do have raid on the mother board on the other computer. I still get the same error message on both. I think I am making a bad down load. I don't think it has any thing to do with the two computers.The same thing is happening to both. That is in less it has some thing to do with my router or connection. Then I down load other stuff from the same connection and don't have any problems. I don't know. I ordered 10.4 from On-Disk. If that don't work then I know it is the computer. Thank you much for your time.
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The disk came in from ON-Disk. It is the Posted Ubuntu 10.4 and it didn't work. I got the ( could not start device/dev/mapper/asr_pictures-No such file or directory)so now I know that it isn't the down load or connection. I have no idea what it is. As I said before it comes when it asks for what lay out of the key board. I changed the key board to PS/2 and the mouse to PS/2 ( They were usb.) That didn't help. I have no idea what to do from here. 9.4 works fine. That is what I am using now. I had no problems installing it or working on it. Well after I cleaned the disk. Any one have any ideas?
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I also ordered a new copy of linux Mint. That didn't work, I got the same error message as with Ubuntu and Ubuntu for net books. There has to be some thing about this computer that it don't like. Then why will the old stuff work?
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Just a guess.
Video graphics.
Can you install with just the built in Video?
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Post your system specs and we can go from there.
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Intel 2.2 CPU, Intel mother board, Nvedia 6800 I think, 4GB of memory, a 160GB hard drive and a Pioneer DVD burner. If you need more numbers such as the mother board and the card let me know I will have to take the unit apart to get them. I posted all this in one of the past posts. My second post I think.
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Up date on this problem. I took out the video card and it was a EVGA Ge Force 8400 I also took out a modem card that isn't being used. I didn't remember putting that in. Any way the mother board number is D945GCNL. I put in the ubuntu disk and it didn't work. At the pick key board I got the same error. All so there is only 2GB or memory in the computer. Any one have any other thoughts? Thank you much for your time.
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I also ordered a new copy of linux Mint. That didn't work, I got the same error message as with Ubuntu and Ubuntu for net books. There has to be some thing about this computer that it don't like. Then why will the old stuff work?
How are you getting these discs so fast? I once ordered Ubuntu and it took 10 days or longer, as I recall. You seem to be getting them almost immediately. How does that happen? What source are you getting them from?All so there is only 2GB or memory in the computer.
2GB should work fine.
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I ordered the disks from On-Disk.com. The Ubuntu order took three days from date of order. I ordered Ubuntu for net books, Linux Mint and Posted Ubuntu. Yes the computer only has 2GB of memory. The odd thing is that after taking out the video card the computer plays DVDs better. They are not so choppy as be for. I think that the Ubuntu drivers were off for the card. When I put the card back in I will have t look in to that and get Linux drivers from EVGA.
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Yes the computer only has 2GB of memory.
And, again, that's not a problem. Heck, I have Ubuntu 9.10 installed as a VM (Virtual Machine) with only 512MB allocated to it, on a computer running Windows 7 with 2GB of total RAM.
The odd thing is that after taking out the video card the computer plays DVDs better. They are not so choppy as be for. I think that the ubuntu drivers were off for the card.
Yeah, you've encountered one of the more difficult situations to deal with when installing Ubuntu. The Linux community thinks all software should be open source and they seem to have a negative attitude toward NVidia, who does not make their driver/software open source. At least, that's my perception.
I do have an NVIDIA video card in the system in which I have Ubuntu installed. During installation of Ubuntu, I saw a message regarding "proprietary" drivers from NVIDIA and prompting me to accept or choose a certain NVIDIA driver. Once I responded to that by indicating I want to use a driver displayed there, Ubuntu then went ahead and installed it. And, this is working fine in my system.
But, yes, you may have better luck just using the onboard video with Ubuntu.
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New up date. I got Posted Ubuntu installed on an old Dell, it worked fine. Every thing as it should except that it was going to leave Windows and install beside it so I could choose witch one I wanted t boot from. That didn't happen. Is there a way I can get into Windows? Or is there a way to boot into Windows? I need to get some pictures off before I loose it all. Where it was to tell me witch one to boot to Windows isn't a choice. Is there a way to fix this? I did this to prove that it was the other computer that has a problem and not the disk.
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Within Ubuntu you can mount all the windows partitions.
You can copy your documents and photos to a USB thing.
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I got Posted Ubuntu installed on an old Dell, it worked fine. Every thing as it should except that it was going to leave Windows and install beside it so I could choose witch one I wanted t boot from.
Did you use Wubi (http://wubi-installer.org/)to do the installation of Ubuntu in Windows?
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No. I just used the disk and did as it said.
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Within Ubuntu you can mount all the windows partitions.
You can copy your documents and photos to a USB thing.
If you go to Places, Computer, what all do you see? Can you post a screen print?
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250 GB Hard disk 155GB file system that has Windows on it. Then there are four USB ports. Then the DVD and then file system that has Ubuntu on it, the file size isn't given. That is the way it told me it would be laid out from when it set it up. I was able to get to my pictures and put them in to Ubuntu but don't know how to get them to a USB drive from Ubuntu. Every place I click on tells me it will send it to a file or to the trash. I just can't get them to the USB.
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I was able to get to my pictures and put them in to Ubuntu but don't know how to get them to a USB drive from Ubuntu. Every place I click on tells me it will send it to a file or to the trash. I just can't get them to the USB.
Drag and drop, just like you would in Windows using Windows Explorer. Ubuntu's File Browser is the equivalent of Windows Explorer. So, open one File Browser window to display the folder containing the photos. Then, open another File Browser window for the USB drive. And then, just drag and drop the photos from one window to the other.
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I wet to Places and clicked on pictures then went to places and clicked on computer. Now I have my pictures on one page and the USB on an other. I click on a picture and drag it down to computer at the bottom of page and that page comes up. I drag the picture up to the USB and drop it. I then get there was an error copying file into computer. Then, Operation not supported by backend. So what am I doing wrong?
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Any way the mother board number is D945GCNL. I put in the ubuntu disk and it didn't work. At the pick key board I got the same error. All so there is only 2GB or memory in the computer. Any one have any other thoughts? Thank you much for your time.
Were your hard drive(s) in a RAID configuration? I've had another 2 Ubuntu users hint that your problem looks like it is RAID related by what was in the error message.
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No raid card. No raid on mother board. Very cheap Intel board. lucky it has USB. Only space for two sticks of memory. Good board to play with, no frills.
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But were the hard drives ever used in RAID?
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It could have been. I don't know. I had a raid card in a computer and this could have been one of the drives that was in it.
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I went today to pick up a new HD and couldn't believe what they wanted for a 160 GB HD. I ordered a new one over the net. With shipping it was still $10.00 cheaper than picking it up at a local store. So in about a week I will try a new drive and see if that works. I was thinking about taking the drive that worked out of the old Dell and puttting it in the computer that I want to have Linux. I don't know if that would work or not. I think I will just wait for the new one. Thank you much for your help.
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....Sorry that I am late to the party. If you still run into this problem get the "Alternate install CD"
....I would bet that is will work for you.
http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/10.04/
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Actually I've been installing Ubuntu quite a few times already. It is quite easy to do. I totally agree with your answer. When I used alternate disc it is hassle free. However there is one point when I install Ubuntu. You have to to check whether it is 32-bit or 64-bit system. My only problem exist when I tried to install Kubuntu because I need to modify the BIOS settings.
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I went today to pick up a new HD and couldn't believe what they wanted for a 160 GB HD. I ordered a new one over the net. With shipping it was still $10.00 cheaper than picking it up at a local store. So in about a week I will try a new drive and see if that works. I was thinking about taking the drive that worked out of the old Dell and puttting it in the computer that I want to have Linux. I don't know if that would work or not. I think I will just wait for the new one. Thank you much for your help.
I got a 160g pata from amazon for $45 about a month ago
I had swapped the old 80g between computers including a dell without having to do new installs
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The new HD came in today. Every thing worked as it should. I am using it now. Linux Mint 8.0. I really like it. This is going to stay. I will be using this for some time. I will put Xp on the old HD and give it to one of the kids. Thank you all for your help. This is great. Now I have to find out if this will run an older version of CAD. If it will I am set.
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Every thing worked as it should. I am using it now. Linux Mint 8.0. I really like it.
Just curious, Why would you install Mint 8 when Mint 9 has out for about a week?
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It was the disk that I had. I didn't have to down load any thing. I like it and will up grade when I have to. For now it is fine.