I need help with installing ubuntu.

[I Shooter]

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.

[Cityscape]

But were the hard drives ever used in RAID?

[I Shooter]

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.

[I Shooter]

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.

[MIckey57]

....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/

[shinegami]

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.

[Garthhh]

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

[I Shooter]

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.

[Cityscape]

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?

[I Shooter]

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.