[Aigar Ilves]

Hi!
Here's my problem i got an computer with this [bleep] OPS. LINUX Ubuntu 8.10 i DL from my other computer 11.10 and tried to install on the 8.10 but all i get is I/O :error ... should i remove the ubuntu kernel and other stuff? can some1 help me ?! please !!!

[Macboatmaster]

Welcome to GeekstoGo

8.10 Intrepid Ibex is an obsolete version is obsolete and you cannot upgrade
That said see this
https://help.ubuntu....ty/UpgradeNotes

A clean install is recommended.
However will the 8.10 itself load Grub etc.

[Aigar Ilves]

i deleted the ubuntu 8.10 now i get error 22 What the...!?!!

[Macboatmaster]

1. You actually never answered my question as to if the 8.10 installation would load

2. Is the computer on which you have now uninstalled the 8.10 a UBUNTU installation ONLY or is it a dual boot with one of the Windows systems
If it is UBUNTU only then I siuggest you format the hard drive first and then install the 11.10 from download from here
http://www.ubuntu.co...ubuntu/download

3. I cannot understand, what exactly you are trying to say here.
I am sorry about that, but could you try and explain again HOW you are installing the 11.10 - is it from a CD, a USB drive or what.

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Here's my problem i got an computer with this [bleep] OPS. LINUX Ubuntu 8.10 i DL from my other computer 11.10 and tried to install on the 8.10

What I cannot actually understand is "i DL from my other computer 11.10 etc"

4. Error 22 means that the partition on which you are trying to install Ubuntu could not be recognised.
It MAYBE
a. A failing hard drive
b. If a hard drive on which there is a recovery partition - that can cause it.

http://ubuntuforums....d.php?t=1842330

http://ubuntuforums....d.php?t=1581099

Ubuntu 11.10 and indeed the 10.04LTS use a different version of GRUB to the 8.10, if grub is still on the drive that is the likely cause.

[Aigar Ilves]

yes the GRUB still is alive i used cfdisk or smthing like that i deleted both ... so then i made REBOOT and tried to install the UBUNTU LINUX 11.10 didn't work so can you help me REOMOVING the GRUB

[Macboatmaster]

With respect you NEED to answer the questions I ask, as I only have what you tell me to work with.

So please answer questions 1, 2 and 3 on my post 4.

[Aigar Ilves]

Macboatmaster, on 05 March 2012 - 02:15 PM, said:

1. You actually never answered my question as to if the 8.10 installation would load

2. Is the computer on which you have now uninstalled the 8.10 a UBUNTU installation ONLY or is it a dual boot with one of the Windows systems
If it is UBUNTU only then I siuggest you format the hard drive first and then install the 11.10 from download from here
http://www.ubuntu.co...ubuntu/download

3. I cannot understand, what exactly you are trying to say here.
I am sorry about that, but could you try and explain again HOW you are installing the 11.10 - is it from a CD, a USB drive or what.

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Here's my problem i got an computer with this [bleep] OPS. LINUX Ubuntu 8.10 i DL from my other computer 11.10 and tried to install on the 8.10

What I cannot actually understand is "i DL from my other computer 11.10 etc"

4. Error 22 means that the partition on which you are trying to install Ubuntu could not be recognised.
It MAYBE
a. A failing hard drive
b. If a hard drive on which there is a recovery partition - that can cause it.

http://ubuntuforums....d.php?t=1842330

http://ubuntuforums....d.php?t=1581099

Ubuntu 11.10 and indeed the 10.04LTS use a different version of GRUB to the 8.10, if grub is still on the drive that is the likely cause.

1. no i didn't
2.no it's not
3.it's from CD
4. i used fdisk and deleted 2 thingy's from there then started to get this error

[calvert]

it appears that you have deleted the partition that holds menu.lst - hence error 22,

my advice would be to use a live cd and delete everything, then start again

or, if you install any linux version then grub will be over-written by a 'newer' version (unless you use lilo)

or, if you install windows then ntldr or bootmgr (i believe its called in vista/win7) will over-write grub

grub is a very basic operating system that is installed in the first 512 bytes of a hdd,
this is called the mbr - master boot record

[Aigar Ilves]

calvert, on 08 March 2012 - 02:13 PM, said:

it appears that you have deleted the partition that holds menu.lst - hence error 22,

my advice would be to use a live cd and delete everything, then start again

or, if you install any linux version then grub will be over-written by a 'newer' version (unless you use lilo)

or, if you install windows then ntldr or bootmgr (i believe its called in vista/win7) will over-write grub

grub is a very basic operating system that is installed in the first 512 bytes of a hdd,
this is called the mbr - master boot record

What do you mean by live cd ? i Downloaded the ubuntu 11.10 then write on cd and put it to dvd-rom

[calvert]

Aigar Ilves, on 15 March 2012 - 06:50 AM, said:

What do you mean by live cd ? i Downloaded the ubuntu 11.10 then write on cd and put it to dvd-rom

a live cd is a linux operating system (such as ubuntu) that can be used from the cd without installing to hdd,
it is a fully working system that runs in your memory